Wall Street Journal (via VentureBeat), the publisher – which was acquired by Microsoft in October – entered into an agreement with the California Civil Rights Department to settle the case, which is related to claims of unequal compensation and promotion practices on the basis of sex from 2015-2020.
Activision Blizzard will pay as much as $46.75 million to female employees who claimed they’d received inequitable pay during this period. $9.125 million will cover attorney’s fees.
Under the agreement, which is subject to court approval, Activision Blizzard will take additional steps to help ensure fair pay and promotion practices at the company, according to the CRD.
The California CRD agreed that “no court or any independent investigation has substantiated” any claims of “systemic or widespread sexual harassment at Activision Blizzard,” nor that “Activision Blizzard senior executives ignored, condoned or tolerated a culture of systemic, harassment, retaliation or discrimination.”
The settlement also said that its investigation found no evidence of wrongdoing by 