When Riot Games made various settlements for sexual harassment allegations in 2019, the language in those settlements allegedly suggested employees could not speak with the government about sexual harassment.
The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) has gone to court to compel Riot Games into telling its workers about their rights to speak with the government about instances of sexual harassment and discrimination. This is the second time the DFEH has done this, with US courts granting the department’s request the first time two months ago when it ordered Riot Games to provide a notice to employees about their rights. The DFEH alleges Riot Games did not follow through with the initial order, however, which is what has led to the DFEH going to court again. The DFEH wants Riot Games to provide this information to its employees as the Tencent-owned company entered into various sexual harassment settlements in 2019 that the department found to be “alarming” in nature. The DFEH, in its investigation of these settlements, found the settlement documents suggested that “employees could not voluntarily and candidly speak with the government about sexual harassment and other violations”.
