Mittwoch, 7. November 2018

Two Riot Games folks sue the company for sexual discrimination

One former and one current employee of Riot Games are suing the League Of Legends developers, claiming they have “been denied equal pay and found their careers stifled because they are women” as well as having suffered in that festering workplace culture of sexual discrimination and harrassment. They accuse Riot of behaviour including “violation of the California Equal Pay Act” and “failure to prevent discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in violation of the Fair Employment & Housing Act”. While Riot did this year publicly admit they had huge problems, a jury might decide quite how much the company are responsible (is the answer “very”? it seems like it’s very). Riot say they don’t comment on ongoing legal matters but do “take every allegation of this nature seriously and investigate them thoroughly.”

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