Ernst & Young Employee Says Harassment Complaint Led to Firing

A former receptionist for Ernst & Young is suing her ex-employer, alleging that her managers harassed her, calling her “too old” and “too sick” to do her job, and fired her because she complained.

Davanne McCrady, a Black woman who was employed by the Big 4 accounting firm since 1999, said her Los Angeles office supervisors in 2021 stopped making accommodations for a stroke she sustained in 2017. McCrady’s bosses directed racist and sexist comments at her—for example, that she should be comfortable with cleaning tasks—and they demoted and ultimately fired her for reporting labor law violations, she alleged in ...