{"id":2106,"date":"2026-01-13T02:25:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T22:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/fired-rockstar-employees-plea-for-interim-pay-denied\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T02:25:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T22:25:39","slug":"fired-rockstar-employees-plea-for-interim-pay-denied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/fired-rockstar-employees-plea-for-interim-pay-denied\/","title":{"rendered":"Fired Rockstar employees\u2019 plea for interim pay denied"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/Jason_Duval_02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">A UK employment tribunal rejected a request from fired Rockstar Games employees to receive interim pay while waiting for a full hearing about their dismissal, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-01-12\/fired-rockstar-employees-denied-pay-by-uk-judge?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2ODI0NzI2MywiZXhwIjoxNzY4ODUyMDYzLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUOFJPOVVLSVVQU1owMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.27VI473B4UvIhmPh6eOoW2Crg7Pem9jtOtoGNX34Bco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Bloomberg<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/rockstar-says-we-stand-by-our-course-of-action-as-judge-rejects-fired-gta-6-developers-application-for-interim-relief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>IGN<\/em><\/a>. After Rockstar fired 34 employees last year &#8211; 31 from the UK and three from Canada &#8211; the Independent Workers&rsquo; Union of Great Britain (IWGB) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/811999\/gta-vi-rockstar-games-union-busting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused the company of \u00ab\u00a0union busting.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a> Rockstar claims that the fired employees were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/815248\/rockstar-claims-fired-employees-were-leaking-company-information\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leaking company information<\/a> in a Discord channel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The hearing took place over two days last week. \u00ab\u00a0Despite being refused interim relief today, we&rsquo;ve come out of last week&rsquo;s hearing more confident than ever that a full and substanti \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/861004\/rockstar-fired-union-workers-pay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A UK employment tribunal rejected a request from fired Rockstar Games employees to receive interim pay while waiting for a 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