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U.S. regulators expand investigation into sexual harassment and discrimination in Activision Blizzard. How informs The Wall Street Journala number of employees and executives of the company, including its CEO Bobby Kotick, received subpoenas.
The California Office of Labor and Housing Supervision asked the board of directors for information regarding how the company’s employees were treated. The Los Angeles Police Departments must release any records or statements that include Kotick and 18 other former and current employees of the company.
New requests were sent by the US Securities Commission. She must be provided, among other things, with the correspondence of a number of company managers, both current and former, up to 2016.
The reason for a new round of investigations, according to The Wall Street Journal, was some new information published in open sources. So far, it is not known what it is regarding.
Representatives of Activision Blizzard declared Kotakuthat new requests for classified and confidential information serve no specific purpose. This is just a dubious tactic to undermine the agreement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and it only leads to delayed compensation.
Recall that Activision Blizzard reached an agreement with the Commission and promised to pay 18 million dollars to affected employees. CODE-CWA called this compensation “slap in the face».
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