http://www.polygon.com/2016/5/24/11761242/valve-former-employee-lawsuit-transgender-discrimination
More at the link. There are two main issues in the complaint. One is that she feels that her supervisor was creating a hostile work environment by referring to her as "it", and that him not being comfortable with her gender resassignment contributed to her termination. The other is that she complained about Valve exploiting free labor for localization work, and she feels that was the main contributing factor to her termination.
Valve has not responded publicly to the reports, but they deny all charges in the lawsuit.
A former translator for Valve Corporation is suing the game maker for more than $3 million, alleging that her supervisor at the company created a hostile work environment by referring to her as "it" following her sex reassignment surgery, according to the suit obtained by Polygon.
The employee, who is identified only by initials in the lawsuit, also says that Valve fired her after she complained to human resources about the company's practice of "utilizing people who were interested in their products to provide translation services for free."
The unnamed litigant also notes discrimination, retaliation and four other causes for her lawsuit. We've reached out to Valve for additional comment and will update this story when they respond.
The suit was filed on April 12, 2016, and Valve has denied all wrongdoing in its response.
More at the link. There are two main issues in the complaint. One is that she feels that her supervisor was creating a hostile work environment by referring to her as "it", and that him not being comfortable with her gender resassignment contributed to her termination. The other is that she complained about Valve exploiting free labor for localization work, and she feels that was the main contributing factor to her termination.
Valve has not responded publicly to the reports, but they deny all charges in the lawsuit.