Videogame developer Riot Games agreed Monday to pay $100 million to settle a 2018 gender-discrimination lawsuit with California regulators and female employees.
Videogame developer Riot Games Inc. agreed Monday to pay $100 million to settle a 2018 gender-discrimination lawsuit with California regulators and female employees.
government enforcement of the state’s robust equal-pay, anti-discrimination and antiharassment laws,” said DFEH Director Kevin Kish, who added that the settlement will “send the message that all industries in California, including the gaming industry, must provide equal pay and workplaces free from discrimination and harassment.”
Under a consent decree that’s part of the settlement, Riot also must set aside $18 million over three years to fund diversity, equity and inclusion programs; create 40 full-time positions in engineering, quality assurance or art-design roles for former contract workers; and hire independent third-party monitors to conduct gender-equity analysis and audits over the next three years.
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