According to Jason Schreier of Bloomberg, the British labor court rejected their request for temporary payments, which effectively means no payments until the entire process is complete.
The dispute is related to the dismissal of 31 people in the UK late last year. The dismissed employees claimed that the reason was the creation of a trade union and attempts to organize in the studio. Rockstar insists that the dismissals were related to leaks of confidential information about GTA 6.
At the trial, the company stated that the developers published details of the game in Discord, accessible to hundreds of users, including outsiders and journalists. Judge Frances Eccles noted that the employees do not have "sufficient chances of success" to recognize the dismissals as illegal at this stage.
The court also pointed out that some of the dismissed employees published very little information, and among them were employees outside the UK who were not members of the trade union. This means that a final decision on the merits of the dispute is still possible.
Rockstar told Bloomberg that it respects the court's decision but regrets the need for dismissals. The trade union intends to continue the fight and hopes for a different decision in the final hearing.