Article by The Mary Sue which recalls a lawsuit filed by a former Bethesda/Zenimax employee who had to fight for her coverage of trans health care while her employer and her insurance made it as difficult as possible for her.

  • Knusper@feddit.de
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    11 months ago

    But …why? That’s a breach of contract. Microsoft will be obliterated in court. Plus, they’re still in the process of acquiring Activision/Blizzard where discrimination ran wild. More bad publicity in this regard will certainly not help them.

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      11 months ago

      I can only guess, but when circumventing obligations and denying payments is so baked into the system, it’s nearly impossible to not discriminate, even if the end result will be worse for every party involved.

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      11 months ago

      I don’t know that it’s actually any better but I know Activision/Blizzard have implemented a lot of stuff to prevent the discrimination and abuse. Not sure if it’s effective but I know internally they’ve put a lot of stuff in place to help.

      People are also hoping that MS will remove Bobby Kotic