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Gaming company, which
faces further lawsuits, agrees to take steps to prevent and address
discrimination and harassment
The
Activision Blizzard campus in Irvine, California. EEOC spokeswoman Nicole St
Germain said the agency was pleased Fischer said she would approve the
settlement. Photograph: Getty Images
Kari Paul and agencies
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29 Mar 2022 16.09 EDTLast modified on Wed 30 Mar 2022 04.53 EDT
A US judge has
approved an $18m settlement between Activision
Blizzard and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, bringing one of
several discrimination lawsuits against the gaming company to a close.
During a hearing on
Tuesday, US district judge Dale Fischer said she would give final approval to
the settlement after Activision and the EEOC made various tweaks she
requested last week.
The company’s legal
woes aren’t yet over, however. The maker of Call of Duty, World of Warcraft and
other popular video games still faces suits filed by additional former
employees, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), and
shareholders accusing the company of widespread sex discrimination.
Fischer on Tuesday also rejected a renewed effort to
intervene in the case by the DFEH, which filed its own suit against Activision
months before the EEOC and argued the settlement could hurt its own case.
EEOC spokeswoman Nicole St Germain said the agency was
pleased that Fischer said she would approve the settlement. She said that in
addition to the payout, the deal requires Activision to take steps to prevent
and address discrimination, harassment and retaliation.
In a 2021 complaint, the EEOC had accused
Activision of failing to take corrective and preventive measures on sexual
harassment complaints, discriminating against women in pay and promotions, and
discriminating against pregnant workers. Activision denied violating anti-bias
laws, but has said it will make changes to how it
addresses workplace complaints.
Jahan Sagafi of Outten & Golden, who represents DFEH,
told Fischer on Tuesday that federal law requires the EEOC to defer to state
agencies, and that the commission lacked the authority to sue Activision
because DFEH had filed its own case.
Fischer in December rejected DFEH’s initial motion to
intervene in the case, and the agency has asked the ninth US circuit court of
appeals to reverse that ruling. The ninth circuit on Monday denied DFEH’s
motion to stay the district court proceedings pending the outcome of the
appeal.
On Tuesday, Fischer told Sagafi that his new argument was
untimely, and unnecessary because of the pending appeal. Instead claimants will
be required to opt-in to receive compensation from the EEOC settlement, and in
doing so will waive their right to participate in the DFEH suit.
Activision did not immediately respond to a request for
comment. Nor did DFEH. Last week, another anonymous employee came forward with
new allegations against the company and in August 2021 a group of shareholders filed suit against the company over its
handling of the crisis.
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