GamesIndustry reviews that unions for Ubisoft’s Barcelona studio, which works on cell video games and helps titles akin to Rainbow Six Siege, filed a lawsuit in opposition to the French writer in October over its controversial return-to-office (RTO) mandate throughout all its international studios.
Ubisoft first introduced its RTO coverage in September, which calls for workers to work in-person for 3 days per week. The change was soft-launched at its Montreal workplace final yr and was divisive, with a number of Montreal staff feeling administration went again on distant work guarantees made throughout the top of the COVID pandemic.
The unions are teaming with Spain’s labor group Confederación Common del Trabajo (CGT) to demand Ubisoft reverse the RTO coverage, and goal to safe protections for Barcelona workers to proceed distant work beneath a collective settlement.
In an electronic mail to GamesIndustry, the unions alleged that previous to submitting the lawsuit, administration didn’t method them to barter, regardless of their willingness to cut price. They additional declare the RTO alternative was made “all of the sudden and with out transparency,” and would result in logistical issues on account of the inflow of returning staff.
Since September, builders from Ubisoft’s varied France-based studios have gone on strike, with encouragement from the French sport union STJV. In mid-October, Ubisoft Milan workers additionally went on strike, and voiced fears about RTO probably forcing them to give up.
Ubisoft Barcelona is the primary studio to sue over the RTO coverage, and marks the latest string of lawsuits to hit Ubisoft this yr. Earlier in November, a pair of California gamers sued the writer for unceremoniously delisting The Crew again in March. And in October, a separate pair of gamers took the corporate the courtroom for allegedly sharing person knowledge with Meta via its account linking system.
Recreation Developer has reached out to Ubisoft concerning the lawsuit, and can replace when a response is given.
