Bumped up from a proposed $10 million settlement
The court still needs to approve the settlement and that could take a few months, so it’s not settled and definite. However, Riot are up for it and so are California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (a name you might recognise forgoing after Blizzard over alleged sexual discrimination and harrassment) and other state authorities. Both the DFEH and California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement had objected to the original $10m proposed settlement.
“My office determined that Riot’s proposed initial PAGA settlement with private counsel was insufficient and did not adequately deter the company from violating women’s right to equal pay for equal work,” said California state labor commissioner Lilia García-Brower ina joint statementon December 27th.
