League of Legends developer rejects employee demands over forced arbitration, for now
May 17, 2019 Riot Games has released a blog post with some important updates on this topic.
League of Legends developer, Riot Games, has rejected employees’ demands to scrap forced arbitration for sexual harassment and discrimination complaints while still in active litigation, following the walkout of over 100 staff at the studio’s LA offices last week.
In a statement made Thursday, made after a workers' townhall meeting, the studio says, “Ultimately, given the complexities of ongoing litigation, we will not change our employee agreements while in active litigation”, adding that, “we know not everyone agrees with this decision, but we also know everyone does want Riot to continue to improve”.
This means that, at least for the time being, employees at Riot will have to use private arbitration to get sexual harassment and discrimination-related complaints resolved - they will not be able to sue.
However, it appears that the company is positive about following through with the pledges it made days before the staff walkout in its most recent statement. The company has stated in a blog post that, "we remain committed to having a firm answer around extending an opt-out to all Rioters when active litigation concludes", and that as a "minimum", they will "give new Rioters the option to opt out of arbitration on individual sexual harassment claims". Riot says they will revisit the topic of arbitration and look to provide an answer that will satisfy everyone.
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