(Reuters) – Tencent Holdings’ Riot Games on Monday mentioned it has agreed to pay $100 million to settle a 2018 gender-based discrimination class-action lawsuit with California state companies and present and former ladies workers.
The firm mentioned it can pay $80 million to the members of the class-action go well with, comprising all present and former full-time ladies workers and non permanent company contractors in California who labored from November 2014 to current.
An further $20 million shall be paid in the direction of attorneys’ charges and miscellaneous bills, Riot Games mentioned in a press release.
“In an effort to drive ongoing transparency and accountability, Riot has additionally dedicated to having its inner reporting and pay fairness processes monitored by a 3rd occasion collectively authorised by Riot and the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing for 3 years,” the corporate mentioned.
A remaining approval of the settlement by the courtroom is pending, with a listening to anticipated within the coming months, the assertion added.
The lawsuit was filed in November 2018 by now-former workers Melanie McCracken and Jess Negrón, alleging gender discrimination in addition to sexual harassment and misconduct at Riot Games, the Washington Post reported https://wapo.st/32tEApi on Monday. The go well with was adopted by two inquiries led by California state companies, the reported added.
(Reporting by Shivam Patel; further reporting by Juby Babu in Bengaluru; Editing by Michael Perry)
