The California DFEH has filed documents objecting to the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Activision Blizzard settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, arguing that the settlement would harm its own case🌠 against the publisher.

Axios Gaming's Stephen Totilo outlining the DFEH's objection. The settlement deal between the EEOC and Activision Blizzard was announced almost immediately after the lawsuit itself, which 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:much like the DFEH lawsuit, accused Activision Blizzard of fostering a work environment where minority and marginalized employees faced constant discrimination and sexual harassment. Employees that complained or reported the abuse were often retaliated against with demot🧸ion or termination.

Activision Blizzard agreed to create an 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:$18🍎 million fund as part of the EEOC settlement to "compensate and make amends to eligible claimants" - around 2% of Activision Blizzard's quarterly earnings. The publisher also agreed to hire an independent examiner to report back to the EEOC.

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Ho𝄹wever, the DFEH argues that thꦓe EEOC settlement hampers its own case against Activision Blizzard by not only barring employees from seeking additional compensation after taking from the $18 million fund, but also by allowing Activision to destroy documents relating to employee complaints.

"DFEH's pending enforcement action against [Activision Blizzard] will be harmed by uninformed waivers that the proposed decree makes conditional for victims to obtain relief," wrote the DFEH. "The proposed consent decree also contains provisions sanctioning the effective destruction and/or tampering of evidence critical to the DFEH's case, such as personnel files and other documents referencing sexual harassment, retaliation, and discrimination."

🎃The DFEH also contend♏s the EEOC’s settlement offer was beyond its jurisdiction.

Activision Blizzard following the DFEH's objection, saying it remains "committed to making Activision Blizzard the most welcoming, inclusive, and safe workplace possible," and that the settlement "reflects that commitment to significant improvements and transparency, as well as making immediate compensation available to eligible employees who choose to participate."

Last month, the US Securities and Exchange Commission launched its own investigation into Activꦗision Blizzard, issuing subpoenas for CEO Bobby Kotick as well as severaℱl senior executives.

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