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Activision and California Agency File Settlement of Gender Discrimination Claims
22Dec By adminNo Comments
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Activision and California Agency File Settlement of Gender Discrimination Claims

Activision Blizzard and a California regulator filed a legal settlement in which the videogame company agreed to pay to resolve gender discrimination charges while the state withdrew sexual-harassment claims.The settlement between Activision and the California Civil Rights Department, if approved by a judge, would end a legal battle that helped lead to the videogame company’s sale to Microsoft. Settlement documents that both sides said were filed in California Superior Court confirm an agreement from last week.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Activision Blizzard to Pay More Than $50 Million to Settle Lawsuit That Spurred Microsoft’s Takeover
16Dec By adminNo Comments
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Activision Blizzard to Pay More Than $50 Million to Settle Lawsuit That Spurred Microsoft’s Takeover

Updated Dec. 16, 2023 4:52 pm ETActivision Blizzard has agreed to pay more than $50 million to settle a high-profile lawsuit by a California regulator that helped spur Microsoft’s October takeover of the videogame company. The state’s Civil Rights Department sued Activision in mid-2021, alleging its leadership ignored numerous employee complaints of sexual harassment, discrimination and pay disparity. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Activision Blizzard to Pay More Than $50 Million to Settle Lawsuit That Spurred Microsoft’s Takeover
16Dec By adminNo Comments
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Activision Blizzard to Pay More Than $50 Million to Settle Lawsuit That Spurred Microsoft’s Takeover

Updated Dec. 15, 2023 10:35 pm ETActivision Blizzard has agreed to pay more than $50 million to settle a high-profile lawsuit by a California regulator that helped spur Microsoft’s October takeover of the videogame company, according to people familiar with the matter.The Civil Rights Department sued Activision in mid-2021, alleging its leadership ignored numerous employee complaints of sexual harassment, discrimination and pay disparity. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Activision Blizzard to Pay Around $50 Million to Settle Lawsuit That Spurred Microsoft’s Takeover
15Dec By adminNo Comments
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Activision Blizzard to Pay Around $50 Million to Settle Lawsuit That Spurred Microsoft’s Takeover

Activision Blizzard has agreed to pay about $50 million to settle a high-profile lawsuit by a California regulator that helped spur Microsoft’s October takeover of the videogame company, according to people familiar with the matter.California’s Civil Rights Department sued Activision in mid-2021, alleging its leadership ignored numerous employee complaints of sexual harassment, discrimination and pay disparity. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Championing Diversity From Inside Google
8Dec By adminNo Comments
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Championing Diversity From Inside Google

Google has not always been closely associated with words like diversity and inclusion. By its own count, less than 13% of its workforce is Black or Latino, and the company is currently fighting a class-action lawsuit in which plaintiffs allege a “racially biased corporate culture.” Google promised to fix its image-recognition algorithms after a software engineer discovered in 2015 that Google Photos classified him and his Black friends as “gorillas,” but in May the company was forced to acknowledge that it had simply blocked its algorithms from identifying gorillas at all.These are the kinds of issues that Annie Jean-Baptiste must grapple with as the company’s first director of product inclusion and equity. The role is meant to help ensure that people can use what Google offers regardless...
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FDIC Faces More Demands for Evidence of Toxic Culture at Bank Regulator
29Nov By adminNo Comments
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FDIC Faces More Demands for Evidence of Toxic Culture at Bank Regulator

Nov. 29, 2023 10:00 am ETPressure on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. over allegations of a toxic work environment mounted this week, as the agency’s internal watchdog launched its own inquiry and a Republican senator requested records related to settlements and nondisclosure agreements.The FDIC’s inspector general will examine the “leadership climate at the FDIC with regard to all forms of harassment and inappropriate behavior,” a spokeswoman said. The IG will also assess the agency’s sexual harassment prevention program, including looking at what steps the FDIC has taken since a 2020 IG report found that program was flawed.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Apple to Pay Up to $25 Million to Settle U.S. Discrimination Charges
12Nov By adminNo Comments
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Apple to Pay Up to $25 Million to Settle U.S. Discrimination Charges

Updated Nov. 9, 2023 5:03 pm ETApple must pay up to $25 million under an agreement with the Justice Department to settle charges of hiring and recruitment discrimination.The Justice Department alleged on Thursday that Apple violated anti-discrimination requirements while recruiting for positions under the permanent labor certification program.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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