Former Valve employee is suing the company for $3.1m
Valve Corporation is being sued for $3.1m from a former employee who alleges she was wrongfully terminated.
As reported by Polygon, the employee, who is only identified by her initials, was primarily a Spanish translator. Prior to 2012, the then-employee requested to work remotely from Los Angeles, where she would be undergoing gender reassignment surgery. Valve accommodated this request so she could work from home due to this as well as depression and "other socialisation issues" she was suffering from.
So far, so good. The problem was that Valve changed her status from "employee" to "independent contractor" during this time, even though she was still performing the same duties. "The title 'independent contractor' is irrelevant as plaintiff was absolutely an employee under the law and she was misclassified as an independent contractor from 2012-2016," the suit said. However, the reclassification meant that she lost her employee benefits, such as health insurance, and was no longer receiving overtime pay for any extra hours worked.
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