The fallout from Disney’s decision to relocate hundreds of employees from California to Florida continues, as a class action lawsuit was filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court by attorneys for current Disney employees Maria De La Cruz, George Fong and “all others similarly situated” proposed class members. The lawsuit demands a jury trial.
This class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of employees like De La Cruz, a vice president of product design, and Fong, a creative director of product design, who were “fraudulently induced to move from the company’s California offices to its proposed Lake Nona, Florida development.” When Disney then decided that they would no longer require the requested 2,000 employees to move to Florida , shuttering the sprawling Lake Nona campus amid an ongoing — and since squashed — battle with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, it left many Disney employees reeling. Some had already moved to Florida, others who hadn’t made the to move to the Sunshine State found themselves without a job and still others were now being forced to return to California.
At the time, it was an incredibly painful situation. After the company had reversed their decision, many employees, who were reluctant about moving to Florida, asked about staying on in California. They were told that a Florida employee had already taken their old job. This happened again and again…