Sega sued somebody for harassing an worker

Japanese video games large Sega is taking somebody to courtroom for his or her “extreme slanderous and insulting feedback” in direction of one in all their members of employees. 

In a submit on its web site – noticed by Eurogamer – the corporate mentioned that it thought-about harassment of its employees to be a violation of their human rights. Sega hoped to resolve the matter, however the dangerous actor persevered. 

Sega says that it has reached a settlement with the individual harassing its employees and they are going to be paying damages to the worker affected. 

“We’ve been coping with an individual (hereinafter known as the “topic”) who has made extreme slanderous and insulting feedback on social media in opposition to one in all our staff for a very long time, however as there was no enchancment, we have now been pressured to take authorized motion, and our request for disclosure of the sender’s info has now been granted by the courtroom. After figuring out the topic and negotiating, we have now reached a settlement during which the topic pays damages to our worker, delete the slanderous and insulting feedback, and chorus from such actions sooner or later. As it is a case associated to a courtroom continuing, we ask that you simply chorus from making any inquiries concerning this matter.

“We take into account slanderous acts in opposition to staff, comparable to bulletins of violent acts, threats, and intimidation, to be severe human rights points that injury the dignity of staff and result in a deterioration of the work atmosphere. We don’t tolerate any harassing habits, and with the intention to respect all staff and shield their human rights, we’ll proceed to take applicable motion based mostly on our Buyer Harassment Coverage once we choose any habits to be malicious. Please assessment our Buyer Harassment Coverage and chorus from any habits that damages the dignity of staff.”