Two former Niantic employees sue over sexual bias claims

Two former Niantic employees sue over sexual bias claims

Two ex-Niantic employees are taking the Pokémon Go maker to court over claims of sexual bias in the workplace.

The lawsuit is set to be contested in Los Angeles tomorrow by Niantic, which is seeking to dismiss the case and move the matter into arbitration – something the company claims its former employees previously agreed to.

The legal dispute originally began in July, when a Niantic staff member left jobless by this summer’s job cull at the company alleged that it had been a “boys club” and that she had been paid less than a male colleague despite being in a more senior job role.

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