{"id":24899,"date":"2021-11-24T08:56:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T08:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/sony-playstation-slammed-with-gender-discrimination-lawsuit"},"modified":"2024-07-19T10:35:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T10:35:29","slug":"sony-playstation-slammed-with-gender-discrimination-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/sony-playstation-slammed-with-gender-discrimination-lawsuit","title":{"rendered":"Sony PlayStation slammed with gender discrimination lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former network security analyst of Sony PlayStation, Emma Majo, recently filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of all female employees, both cisgender and trans, against the company. The lawsuit accuses the video game giant of gender discrimination, pay disparity, and her wrongful dismissal for speaking out against the inequities at the company.<\/p>\n

According to Axios<\/a>, the class action complaint was filed by Majo in a California district court on 22nd November and followed a string of lawsuits embroiling fellow game giant Activision Blizzard regarding toxic work culture<\/a>, sexual harassment and discrimination. This latest suit also marks increased scrutiny regarding the treatment of women in the video game industry.<\/p>\n

PlayStation class action lawsuit alleges gender discrimination<\/h2>\n

The lawsuit seeks court approval for Majo to expand her effort into a class action on behalf of all females who worked for PlayStation “at any time during the period beginning four years prior” to the filing of the complaint. Majo is demanding a trial by jury.<\/p>\n

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Sony PlayStation has been slammed with a lawsuit alleging gender discrimination at the company. (Picture: Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to the lawsuit, Majo alleges that “employees who are female or identify as female were not compensated equally to male employees who had substantially similar job classifications, functions, titles, and\/duties” or “who performed substantially similar work.”<\/p>\n