Riot employee claims the company told her to take down the swimsuit photo, contacted by HR afterward
A current Riot Games employee has described an issue as apparently regarding further gender discrimination within the company.
Riot Lydia, a software engineer at VALUATION at Riot Games tweeted that Riot had expressed displeasure with a swimsuit photo she had posted of herself on social media, prompting her to take the photo down.
In a follow-up tweet, she noted that a member of human resources at Riot had reached out to her to discuss the issue. Riot has yet to publicly address the controversy, which has spread rapidly across multiple social media platforms. Lydia noted in the original tweet that there appears to be a policy that prevents employees from complaining about issues like this.
Yesterday, an Axios report detailed that a gender discrimination lawsuit at Riot Games that began in 2018 and was slated to be settled for $100 million was upheld by a California judge. As described in a press release when the settlement was agreed last year, Riot employees who identify as women who worked at the company between November 2014 and December 2021 will be entitled to a total of $80 million, with $20 million used for legal purpose. expenditure.
An external independent organization will also look at Riot to ensure changes are implemented. The California court will proceed with the next steps as the year progresses.
This settlement follows an original $10 million settlement proposal in 2019 that was rejected by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing. A document obtained by the Los Angeles Times detailed that employees who were victims of gender discrimination could be entitled to up to $400 million.
Dot Esports has contacted both Riot Lydia and Riot Games for comment.