Riot Games, a subsidiary of Tencent Holdings (0700. HK), announced on Monday that it had settled a 2018 gender-based discrimination class-action lawsuit with California state agencies and current and former female employees for $100 million.
The corporation has agreed to pay $80 million to the class-action suit’s members, who include all current and former full-time female employees and temporary agency contractors in California who worked from November 2014 to the present.
Riot Games said in a statement that a further $20 million will be paid for attorneys’ costs and other related charges.
Riot has also committed to having its internal reporting and pays equality processes evaluated by a third party mutually approved by Riot and the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing for three years in order to drive continuing openness and accountability, according to the firm.
The court’s final approval of the settlement is pending, with a hearing scheduled in the coming months, according to the statement.
Melanie McCracken and Jess Negrón, now-former Riot Games workers, filed the case in November 2018, alleging gender discrimination, sexual harassment, and misconduct at the company, according to the Washington Post. According to the newspaper, the suit was followed by two investigations launched by California state agencies.
