Today's News:
* Besides Microsoft's victory over the FTC, the UK's Competition and Market’s Authority also agreed to pause their litigation against MS over issues regarding MS' attempted purchase of Activision Blizzard for a new round of negotiations. Despite the loss, the FTC stated they will still continue to fight against MS's attempted purchase of AB.
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https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/11/2...ors-cma-appeal ,
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/micros...tion-in-the-us
* SEGA's U.S. employees recently voted to form a union with the next step being official recognition by the National Labor Relations Board. The final tally was 91 votes in favor of unionization to 26 votes against it. This new union will end up being the largest in the video gaming industry and cover Sega of America’s Irvine, California branch. In an interesting note, Sega of America could have potentially avoided this whole thing had they just given their employees a 30% pay raise like Sega of Japan did for their employees earlier this year.
Link:
https://twitter.com/takesAEGIS/statu...81056520101889 ,
https://www.destructoid.com/sega-of-...in-union-vote/
* Niantic, developer of Pokemon Go, is currently facing a lawsuit filed by a former female employee accusing the company of purposely underpaying their female employees and creating a toxic "Boys Club" work environment.
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Originally Posted by Destructoid
According to reports, the lawsuit was filed by an ex-employee who started working at the studio with a starting salary of $70, 000. Even after receiving a promotion, she learned that a male employee with a lower position was being paid more than her. By Spring 2023, her salary was $115, 000 but she was still being paid less than her male colleague. The situation was worsened when Niantic posted the pay range for her job title and level, and she learned that she was being paid $10, 000 less than the bottom range for her job.
It is alleged that when she brought her complaints to Niantic’s Diversity Equity and Inclusion Director and Principal People Partner, she was met with hostility toward her “concerns about sexism or sexual bias in the workplace”. The lawsuit also claims that executives stated that she was given lower pay because she had voiced her concerns to colleagues.
It appears that this experience isn’t exclusive to the unnamed ex-employee. A survey was conducted by Wolfpack, which is Niantic’s resource group for women, and it revealed that many female employees believed that Niantic has “a sexist work culture that disadvantages female employees”.
The lawsuit has many aims. It seeks to ensure that sexist complaints from women are taken seriously and acted upon. It also aims to acquire monetary compensation and remedy the Boys Club fostered by Niantic. This involves ending the practices of paying women less than their male counterparts and “creating, encouraging, and maintaining a work environment that exposes its female employees to discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.”
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Link:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/7/23...-pay-disparity ,
https://www.destructoid.com/new-laws...-club-culture/