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    Activision Blizzard to pay $18 million to victims of harassment and discrimination

    by Sam Dean, Brian Contreras, Los Angeles Times Mar 29, 2022 4 minutes
    Several hundred Activision Blizzard employees stage a walkout on July 28, 2021, outside the gate at Activision Blizzard headquarters in Irvine, California.

    Activision Blizzard agreed to set up an $18-million fund for employees who experienced sexual harassment or discrimination, pregnancy discrimination or retaliation as part of a settlement with a federal employment agency on Tuesday.

    The consent decree, which a federal judge said she intended to sign following the hearing Tuesday, comes in response to a suit filed against the Santa Monica video game company in September by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which alleged that Activision employees were subject to “severe” and “pervasive” sexual harassment in the workplace.

    Anyone who worked at the company after September 2016 and believes that they were subject to harassment, discrimination or retaliation will

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