(Reuters) -Activision Blizzard Inc has fired 20 employees over claims of harassment, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing a letter sent to staff. (https://on.ft.com/3n6xM7u)
According to the report, the video game maker will also expand its ethics and compliance team, tasked with creating a “more accountable workplace”.
The owner of “Call of Duty” and “Candy Crush” franchises did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Earlier in September, Activision Blizzard and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said they had reached an agreement to settle claims over sexual harassment and discrimination in the company’s workplace.
The EEOC, which has been investigating allegations of sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation at Activision for three years, found that the company failed to take corrective and preventive measures on sexual harassment complaints, according to a filing in the U.S. District Court of the Central District of California.
The company also said last month it was continuing to work with regulators on addressing and resolving the workplace complaints it has received.
(Reporting by Tiyashi Datta in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel)
