Facts

In March 2008, Koreda Tan, who is of Loatian and Chinese descent, was hired by the City and County of San Francisco in the Tax Collector's office. From December 29, 2016 to March 8, 2017, Tan was on CFRA/FMLA leave. She returned to work on March 9, 2017, after having been granted a modified work schedule. On December 3, 2019, Tan filed a lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court for employment discrimination based on gender, national origin, race, age, hostile work environment, failure to investigate, train and remedy, retaliation and also a tort claim for intrusion into private affairs.

PLAINTIFF'S CONTENTIONS: Plaintiff contended that as early as October 2016, she began to be subjected to escalating adverse treatment for engaging in protected activities such as complaining of discrimination, requesting and using disability-related accommodation, making a worker's compensation request, and complaining about management's refusal to timely process the worker's comp request. She also faced harassment and a hostile work environment when she complained about these issues. Consequently she filed two complaints internally and also with the Department of Fair Employment and Housing.

DEFENDANTS' CONTENTIONS: Defendants denied all contentions. For example, they alleged that certain policies, practices or actions plaintiff complained of were done pursuant to seniority or merit system that was in accordance with terms set forth between plaintiff's union and defendant. Moreover, actions taken by defendants were based on legitimate, non-discriminatory reasons.

Result

The case settled for $180,000.