California is suing a publishing company behind popular video games, alleging it of fostering a “frat boy” workplace culture that subjected women at the company …
California is suing a publishing company behind popular video games, alleging it of fostering a “frat boy” workplace culture that subjected women at the company to sexual harassment and lower pay than their male peers. The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) filed the lawsuit Wednesday against Activision Blizzard, the company behind video game franchises such as Call of Duty and World of Warcraft. The state alleges the game publisher, based in Sunnyvale, violated California’s Equal Pay Act and Fair Housing and Employment Act. The complaint alleges the company assigned women to lower-paid and lower-opportunity levels at the company. Women allegedly received lower starting pay and earned less than male counterparts for “substantially similar work.” “Faced with such adverse terms and conditions of employment, many women have been forced to leave the company,” the complaint states.
