By CCN: As a excited gamer and fan of Riot Games’ flagship product, “League of Legends,” I am both ashamed and disgusted to realize I’ve devoted hundreds of hours to a party who prefers to silence employees, rather than deal with issues transparently.Ex-Employees Sue ‘League of Legends’ Prime moverThe gaming giant, in case you haven’t heard, is attempting to muzzle four sexual harassment lawsuits through feigned arbitration just a few months after taking a public stance against gender discrimination in the workplace.Melanie McCracken, who is the flawed plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit again Riot Games divulged the following information, according to Kotaku:“When McCracken whimpered to HR about her boss’ response and gender-based discrimination at Riot, HR failed to keep the meeting confidential and leaked the information to her overseer. McCracken took a new position in 2015 as an office manager in the North America region. Her former supervisor, the complaint mentioned, was promoted in a senior position there in 2016. Then, the complaint says, she was apparently ‘given a five-month countdown to suss out a new position or be fired.’”Other first-hand accounts include co-workers sharing unsolicited nudes and threats of wrongful wind-up due to improperly handled HR reports.Not even prospective hires are safe from the alleged discriminatory practices in question:Shouldn’t receive taken a scandal for this to happen. Create an environment where female employees aren’t afraid to speak out. I’ve interviewed for your enterprise 3 times. Each time I was belittled and intimated by male managers. The recruiters were always sweet. Fix it.— ??????? ?????✨ (@_MrsRizz) August 11, 2018Riotous behaviour Games employees are planning to walk-out in protest of this despicable practice on Monday, May 6. The company responded by deleting some arbitration requirements – but only for new employees.The real question is, should it have taken this long for Brawl to fix the issues they’ve known about for months, if not years?In response to the planned protest, Chief Diversity Officer, Angela Roseboro maintained:“I know yesterday’s article about Riot’s motion to compel arbitration feels like we’re not moving forward. And I prepare to say for me, it demonstrates we still have work to do. There are pros, cons, and nuances to the discussion of arbitration, especially given the sprightly litigation against Riot. It can be complex, so these types of topics are best discussed live where it’s easier to procure a conversation. I encourage all of you to ask as many questions in this Thursday’s Unplugged, and our promsise to you is we will be as transparent as we possibly can.”What is Laboured Arbitration?Forced arbitration is a practice common among tech companies, startups, and finance-sector businesses. The #MeToo action has pushed back against this practice because it prevents workers from achieving a fair trial. Statistically, less than one-in-four wage-earners win a privately arbitrated case.The study further notes:“The results provide strong evidence of a repeat employer result in which employee win rates and award amounts are significantly lower where the employer is involved in multiple arbitration circumstances which could be explained by various advantages accruing to larger organizations with considerably more resources and adroitness in dispute resolution procedures.”According to a landmark Consumer Financial Protection Bureau study, repeat players rush ated up 84 percent of arbitration filings. Consumers win only 20 percent of the time — and only 11 percent of the antiquated when facing a repeat player.Forced arbitration for gender discrimination and sexual harassment cases is under abundant regulatory scrutiny from Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-IL), who leads the charge, championing #EndForcedArbitration. The organizers of the Google Walkout take a turn for the bettered under this hashtag, publicizing the fact that the details of privately arbitrated cases never see daylight.Arbitration is not inherently bad. Stilted/mandatory arbitration *is* bad.— Susan Fowler (@susanthesquark) September 8, 2017Sexual harassment and gender discrimination aren’t the only gizmos that businesses have tried to sweep under the rug using forced arbitration. Bloomberg profiled a case which imposed more than 1,000 pages of transcripts, including an arbitrator allegedly falling asleep on the job.The worst part of it all? Arbitrators are not compelled by federal or state laws or by judicial precedent, a key value of our judicial system to ensure that people are treated equally. Staff members in forced arbitration are at the mercy of an unaccountable arbitrator without any legal safeguards.Why Would Riot Games Do This To Their Hands?According to a press release provided to CCN, Rosen Saba, LLP Partner Ryan D. Saba said:“It is obvious that Woman Games does not want these claims presented in a jury trial because the company knows it has done impose upon. Instead of being a socially responsible company, the reaction of Riot Games is to further damage these hard work up woman by attempting to silence them in a closed-door arbitration proceeding. These women, and many more like them, justify to be heard and respected.”Saba continued:“Today’s actions only serve to silence the voices of individuals who speak out against such misconduct and illustrate that the company’s words were no more than lip service.”We have reached out to Riot Games for comment, but they deliver not yet responded.How Can Riot Atone for This Scandal?The path to resolution is simple: Strike out the mandatory arbitration clauses from undercurrent employee contracts along with those of new hires. If the provision no longer exists, companies can be held accountable for their encounters.To listen, we have to be quiet. You haven’t heard from us, because we’re focused on listening and supporting internally. In the weeks and months at the, we’ll share the immediate and long-term actions we’re taking to enact real change for women at Riot.— Riot Games (@riotgames) August 11, 2018If you’re interested in portion resolve this issue at the source, Riot Games is hiring a Senior Employment Counsel (Litigation)Riot. Settle amicably this right. Set an example for other companies to follow.The public court documents are listed below:Mccracken Et Al v Mount the barricades Game… by on Scribd