Hospital CFO Fired After Complaining About Comedian to Get Trial

A Pennsylvania hospital will face trial on whether it fired its chief financial officer in retaliation for complaining that a comedian who performed at a company retreat disparaged Black people.

Grand View Health Foundation LLC’s argument that “a single performance by an outside comedian” can’t constitute protected activity under 42 U.S.C. §1981 failed because one instance of workplace harassment can be illegal under federal civil rights law, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said Tuesday. Evidence would support a jury finding that the former CFO reasonably believed she was complaining about a racially hostile work environment, ...