The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing filed suit against Activision Blizzard, alleging that the company fosters a “frat boy” workplace where female employees are mistreated, according to a complaint filed in a Los Angeles court today<\/a>.<\/p>
The explosive suit comes after a two-year investigation into the company by California’s top labor agency. In it, the department states that 20 percent of the company’s workforce are women and that it found that women are frequently belittled, sexually harassed, and subject to unequal pay and retaliation. The complaint was first reported by Bloomberg<\/a>.<\/p>
In a statement made to IGN<\/a>, Activision Blizzard accused the Department of Fair Employment and Housing of including “distorted, and in many cases false, descriptions of Blizzard’s past” and refusing to be transparent about the findings of its investigation before escalating to the courtroom.<\/p>
