The State of California is investigating League of Legends creat🗹or Riot Games over🐈 allegations of workplace gender discrimination.
Last month, over 100 employees at Riot Games 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:participated in a walkout to protest a workplace culture filled with toxic masculinity and gender discrimination. The walkout gathered national headlines as the first work action taken by a major games studio. Supported by Game Workers Unite, an organization fighting for better work conditions fo⛦r game developers, Riot employees sent a message to management that the status-quo is no longer tenable.
Unfortunately, it seems that message fell on deaf ears. Thus far, Riot has 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:taken no action to address the walkout’s chief complaint, which w🎐as to change the company’s policy regarding f🍌orced arbitration for accusations of sexual harassment and gender discrimination in the workplace.
But where or⛦ganized work action fails, the state might succeed. According to a new report from , Riot Games is under investi🦩gation by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) for alleged gender discrimination within the company.
The investigation began last October but has thus far been unsuccessful. According to a statement rel🗹eased by the Department, Riot Games has stonewalled the investigation by refusing to provide basic employment data when asked--employment data that Riot is legally required to possess under California law.
According to the Department, Riot “refused to provide the Department with adequate information for DFEH to analyze whether women are paid less than men at the♋ company,” thus forcing the DFEH to file suit against them in order to obtain thos♏e documents.
For their part, Riot refutes the Department’s story that they’ve been anything but helpful in complying with the DFEH investigation. In a statement provided to Kotaku, Riot says they’ve𒐪 provided 2,500 documents🍷 thus far and made several phone calls to address the investigation.
"We’re confident that we’ve made substantial progress on diversity, inclusion, 🍃and company culture,🌱 and look forward to continue demonstrating this to the DFEH," read the statement.
For the entire statement, check out Kotaku's reporting on the matter .