EEOC urges current, former employees to share in Activision settlement
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is encouraging current and former Activision Blizzard Inc. employees to file a claim enabling them to get a share of an $18 million sexual harassment claim fund.
In March, the U.S. District Court approved a settlement of charges that Santa Monica, California-based Activision Blizzard Inc. and related units Blizzard Entertainment Inc., Activision Publishing Inc. and King.com Inc. had violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act by subjecting employees to sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination and/or related retaliation, the EEOC said in a statement.
“Participating in the process is voluntary and free, and submitting a claim does not obligate or commit the claimant,” the agency said.
It said in addition to providing monetary relief the claims process permits claimants to seek specific nonmonetary relief, including removing from their personnel files harmful documents such as disciplinary notices. Claimants may also request that the company change a record of unfair termination to a resignation, the agency said.
An EEOC factsheet says that workers employed by Activision Blizzard or one of the related entities from September 2016 to March 29, 2022, are eligible.
An Activision spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.
