The information on this website is only a summary of the terms of the Settlement.
If you have worked for The Walt Disney Company or Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc. at Disney theme parks and hotels in Anaheim, California, at any time from January 1, 2019, to the present, your rights may be affected by a class action lawsuit.
Payment information is not available at this time. Class Members will receive an individual notice via mail and/or email on May 20, 2025 that will explain each class member’s options and detail the amount each class member can expect to receive.
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.
This Settlement does not cover employees of Defendants Sodexo, Inc. and SodexoMagic, LLC. Those individuals are part of a separate settlement and will receive a separate settlement notice.