Activision Settles Lawsuit With US Government Agency
For the last several months,Activision Blizzardhas been mired in allegations, accusations, and controversy. Today, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission threw its hat in the ring as well, ending a three-year investigation by accusingActivisionof workplace inequality, including verbal abuse, harassment, and wage gaps. The first of these lawsuitswas filed back in July by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing. The lawsuit filed today by the EEOC demanded that Activision Blizzard compensate employees affected by the inequality with back pay and damages, as well as insurance that the company would “institute and carry out policies, practices, and programs to ensure equal employment opportunities, and which eradicate the effects of its past and present unlawful employment practices....