Information For Class Members Re: Settlement Payments
November 4, 2026, Update:
Pursuant to the terms of the settlement, all non-redeemed payments are in the process of being handed over to the state of California as unclaimed property. Please visit the California Unclaimed Property Division website to collect your funds: https://claimit.ca.gov/app/claim/how-to-search. As this was recently submitted, please be advised there could be a delay before it is listed, and we recommend allowing 30-60 days for it to post.
This case involves claims that Defendants The Walt Disney Company and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc., failed to pay hourly workers the minimum hourly rate and service charge required by the Anaheim Living Wage Ordinance (“LWO”), Anaheim Municipal Code, Chapter 6.99, since January 1, 2019. The Court has now held that Disney is subject to the LWO.
The LWO requires certain Anaheim employers to pay their employees at least $15/hour from January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2019; at least $16/hour from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020; at least $17/hour from January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2021; at least $18/hour from January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022; at least $19.40/hour from January 1, 2023, to December 31, 2023; at least $19.90/hour from January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024; and at least $20.42/hour from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025.
Plaintiffs allege that Defendants The Walt Disney Company and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc., were required to pay all of their nonexempt employees in Anaheim at least the minimum hourly rate prescribed by the LWO. Plaintiffs allege that since January 1, 2019, Disney failed to pay some of their employees at least the hourly rate required by the LWO. Plaintiffs also allege that Disney failed to pay some of their employees the full amount of service charges owed as required by the LWO. In addition, Plaintiffs allege that, as a result of the alleged failure to pay some employees at least the hourly rate provided by the LWO, Disney also failed to pay some former employees all wages owed upon the end of their employment, in violation of California Labor Code § 203; failed to pay overtime wages in violation of California Labor Code §§ 510, 1194 and 1198; engaged in unfair business practices in violation of California Business & Professions Code § 17200 et seq.; are liable for wage statement penalties under Labor Code § 226; and are liable for civil penalties under California’s Private Attorneys General Act, Labor Code § 2698 et seq.
This Settlement is not an admission of any wrongdoing, liability, or legal violation by Disney; rather, it was entered into by both Parties in order to avoid the continued costs and risks of litigation.
If you were employed by Sodexo, Inc. and SodexoMagic, LLC and or possibly affected by the Sodexo Settlement, information is available here: Settlement Webpage.