Overview

• Alisa Clairet filed a complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court accusing Disney of violating California’s Equal Pay Act and unfair competition laws, and alleging sex-based unfair treatment, retaliation, and failure to pay wages.
• The former in-house lawyer says she was hired in 2004 and later promoted within Disney’s television units but was consistently paid less than a male colleague with similar qualifications.
• According to the suit, a vice president later matched her title to her peer’s but her salary was not adjusted to reflect the change.
• The filing states that in 2016 she and the male colleague served as temporary co-heads of legal affairs at Disney Channel, yet he kept a pay increase and office perks even after a demotion while her pay lagged.
• Clairet alleges HR failed to remedy the disparity and that she was labeled “a problem” before being laid off on September 24, 2024 during cost-cutting, as the male counterpart kept his job.