Riot Games has announced that it's going to do away with its arbitration clause for employees. 1 / 7
However, there's a catch: this will only apply to future employees, kicking in after existing lawsuits are dealt with. 2 / 7
This comes at a time when Riot Games has been under fire for a while regarding workplace culture issues. 3 / 7
Last year, there were a spate of harassment allegations against Rioters. 4 / 7
Both current and former employees spoke out against endemic sexism and diversity issues within Riot Games. 5 / 7
Riot's current method of forcing victims into arbitration puts them face-to-face with their harassers which risks re-traumatizing them. 6 / 7
Until Riot commits to a change with its employment agreements that isn't conditional, it's hard to see meaningful change being effected. 7 / 7