It’s a compromise, of kinds.
The Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis-appointed Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, which changed the Reedy Creek Enchancment District at Disney World, has determined to strip staff of its free annual park go and different advantages.
As an alternative of the perks, the District voted to present every Disney worker a $3,000 annual stipend.
Whereas it may be more cash in every worker paycheck, it’s a blow to lose the coveted perks from the park. The advantages not solely included the free annual passes, however reductions on Disney merchandise.
Board member Ron Peri mentioned “We thought it additionally made sense to offer our staff and retirees who didn’t use the passes with a brand new profit, and that’s the freedom to obtain the money worth of the passes as a substitute of the passes themselves.”
It’s most likely too early to inform whether or not the tradeoff of the stipend for the passes and the merchandise is a good worth.
But it surely does, nonetheless, point out a willingness by the brand new Tourism Oversight District to compromise on a key concern amid the verbal warfare that has gone on within the final 12 months between the governor and Disney management. DeSantis was upset when Disney publicly challenged one in all his insurance policies.
The brand new board nonetheless referred to as for a Florida inspector basic’s investigation of the advantages. Workers mentioned that a number of the advantages had been a part of the explanation that drew them to Walt Disney employment. In the interim, the park nonetheless won’t have autonomy over its personal tax charge or hearth division because it did for many years.
Either side have filed lawsuits towards one another, with the brand new oversight board going by means of the state courts and Disney attempting its hand in federal court docket. Neither has been adjudicated but.
