{"id":388321,"date":"2021-12-28T21:34:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T18:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/riot-games-to-pay-100m-in-gender-discrimination-suit\/"},"modified":"2021-12-28T21:34:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T18:34:23","slug":"riot-games-to-pay-100m-in-gender-discrimination-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/riot-games-to-pay-100m-in-gender-discrimination-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"#Riot Games to pay $100M in gender discrimination suit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Riot <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a>s to pay $100M in gender discrimination suit<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/riot-games-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Tencent Holdings\u2019 Riot Games on Monday said it has agreed to pay $100 million to settle a 2018 gender-based discrimination class-action lawsuit with California state agencies and current and former women employees.<\/p>\n<p>The company said it will pay $80 million to the members of the class-action suit, comprising all current and former full-time women employees and temporary agency contractors in California who worked from November 2014 to the present.<\/p>\n<p>An additional $20 million will be paid towards attorneys\u2019 fees and miscellaneous expenses, Riot Games, the maker of League of Legends, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn an effort to drive ongoing transparency and accountability, Riot has also committed to having its internal reporting and pay equity processes monitored by a third party jointly <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roved by Riot and the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing for three years,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n<p>A final approval of the settlement by the court is pending, with a hearing expected in the coming months, the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit was filed in November 2018 by now-former employees Melanie McCracken and Jess Negr\u00f3n, alleging gender discrimination as well as sexual harassment and misconduct at Riot Games, the Washington Post\u00a0reported\u00a0on Monday. 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