League of Legends studio Riot announces a $100 million settlement on the sex discrimination case
League of Legends developer Riot Games announced that it will pay $100 million to resolve sex discrimination lawsuits. The initial settlement amounted to 10 million U.S. dollars, but new lawyers were hired and higher fees were required, and the results are now being achieved.
The settlement funds will be provided to more than 2,000 former and current female employees of Riot. Genie Harrison, a feminist lawyer who represented the workers, told the New York Times that the terms of the settlement were fair and she was proud to be able to handle the case.
“I am very happy that we can provide a solution that I think is fair,” she said.
The Los Angeles Superior Court still needs to approve the settlement. Kevin Kish of the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing told the website that if it does, it may send a message to California companies that all industries in the state need to provide “equal pay for equal work and no discrimination and harassment.” Workplace”.
According to the New York Times, more than 1,000 full-time employees and 1,300 contractors working at Riot as early as November 2014 will share US$80 million, of which US$20 million will be used to cover legal and other expenses. Riot Games will also invest in diversity and inclusion programs and will conduct third-party audits to provide “analysis of gender equality in employee compensation and job distribution.”
Riot Games said in a statement: “We believe that this is the right approach for the company and those whose experience at Riot does not meet our standards and values.”
In August 2018, the exposure of Cecilia D’Anastasio from Kotaku contained many serious accusations against Riot’s internal “brother culture”. The detail is that managers are said to have a list, and they rank women according to attractiveness.
Riot is owned by Chinese internet giant Tencent. According to reports, free MOBA brings billions of dollars in revenue every year.
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