Disney declared villain over maintenance equipment
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When it comes to providing tools and equipment to maintenance workers, Disney’s hotels are Scrooge-y, according to a class-action lawsuit filed Thursday.
More than 100 current and former employees of its Disneyland hotels are alleging that the entertainment giant required maintenance workers at its hotels to provide their own tools and equipment, according to SFGate.com, which reported that under California law, employers must pay at least twice the minimum wage if they require workers to bring their own tools to the job.
The lawsuit was filed in Orange County Superior Court on behalf of plaintiff Charlie Torres, an assistant maintenance engineer at the Disneyland Hotel, and 115 other employees who worked as maintenance engineers or assistant maintenance engineers, according to the outlet.
“Mr. Torres and so many others are told to cover the expense of tools used on behalf of Disney who flouts the law and refuses to pay its workers what they’re due. Disney is a massive company,” plaintiff’s attorney Ron Zambrano of West Coast Employment Lawyers said in a statement. “They know the law. But just like their character Uncle Scrooge, they choose to be cheap.”
