A Black female former CBS Corp. employee lacks proof that she was fired because of her race and bias complaint, rather than because she took an unapproved trip to Europe, a Manhattan federal judge ruled.
Deborah Dedewo had requested the time off in September 2015 as unpaid leave so she could see her brother compete in an international track meet that would’ve enabled him to qualify for the Olympics, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York said. Edward Coleman, her manager in CBS Sports media asset management group, denied the request because Dedewo had used all her available vacation and personal time, and because of staffing needs at the start of the football season, the court said.
Dedewo decided to take the trip anyway, even though Coleman twice said her formal leave request was denied and that was confirmed by a human resources vice president, the court said. She swapped shifts with co-workers to cover most of her absences, but had to call out sick the first day and arrived three hours late for her first shift back, the court said.
CBS issued Dedewo an attendance warning, which prompted her to email a bias complaint to the company’s internal hotline, Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein said. The ensuing investigation uncovered that she really had taken the trip and lied to Coleman that she was “in transit” or hanging out with her brother in...
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