Action Games (Activision Blizzard), which makes games like Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, has settled a $54 million case with the State of California for discrimination in the workplace.
As a result of the settlement, the California Civil Rights Department said late Friday that the company “discriminated against women at the company, including denying them promotion opportunities and paying them less than men for doing substantially similar work.”
Depending on whether the court approves the deal, women who worked for Activision Blizzard between October 12, 2015, and December 31, 2020, may be able to get paid. According to the state office, about $45.75 million of the settlement amount has been set aside to make these kinds of payments.
Action Games (Activision Blizzard), which makes games like Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, has settled a $54 million case with the State of California for discrimination in the workplace.
As a result of the settlement, the California Civil Rights Department said late Friday that the company “discriminated against women at the company, including denying them promotion opportunities and paying them less than men for doing substantially similar work.”
Depending on whether the court approves the deal, women who worked for Activision Blizzard between October 12, 2015, and December 31, 2020, may be able to get paid. According to the state office, about $45.75 million of the settlement amount has been set aside to make these kinds of payments.
The business also said that the California Civil Rights Department decided to file a new complaint with updated information that removes sexual harassment claims.
According to the lawsuit filed by California’s civil rights agency against Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard in July 2021, female employees were constantly sexually harassed and when they were given leadership roles, they were paid less than their male peers in terms of salary, bonus pay, and total compensation.
Allegations hurt Activision’s stock price in 2021, which made it easier for Microsoft to make a takeover offer in January 2022. The software giant, which owns the Xbox gaming system, finally completed its $69 billion purchase of Activision in October, despite global antitrust regulators and rivals’ resistance.
According to the settlement agreement, “no court or any independent investigation has substantiated any allegations” of systemic or widespread sexual harassment at Activision Blizzard. The agreement also rejects claims that the company’s board of directors and CEO did something wrong or ignored or allowed a culture of harassment, retaliation, or discrimination to exist.
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