A gender bias expert, Kim Elsesser, Ph.D., is the author of Sex and the Office and taught classes on gender at UCLA for eight years. She is a senior contributor for Forbes and has published in the New York Times and Los Angeles Times.
, Disney has agreed to pay $43 million to resolve claims that it systematically underpaid female employees. The case highlights how common compensation practices can reinforce pay inequities for women.
As part of the settlement, Disney will pay $43.25 million to the women and will hire an external labor economist to conduct a pay equity analysis for the company over the next three years. “The labor economist will analyze the annual base pay of these employees to identify whether any potential statistically significant pay differences exist,” according to theBy accepting the settlement, Disney is not required to admit to paying women less.
Until October 2017, Disney’s pay policies allowed new hires’ starting salaries to be based on their previous wages. This approach can reinforce the gender pay gap, as women, who tend to be paid less than men, could carry those lower wages into new jobs, making it harder for them to achieve equal pay. To make the situation worse, Disney's subsequent annual pay increases were based on percentage raises.
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