Brown

I. BACKGROUND

A. Factual Background Brown applied to be a correctional officer with CDCR in 2013. At the time, CDCR operated more than 30 adult institutions, had a budget exceeding $10 billion, and employed about 35,000 to 40,000 correctional officers. As part of the application process to become a correctional officer, Brown indicated a “[w]illingness to work weekend shifts (e.g., Saturday, Sunday, and/or Holidays) in emergency situations, on an as-needed basis, and/or on a regular rotating basis,” a “[w]illingness to work required overtime,” and a “willingness to work on-call hours as required.” On a separate form, she checked a box indicating she was not “freely willing to work split shifts, nights, weekends and holidays.” She submitted supplemental information to this answer explaining that, because of her faith, she could not work Friday after sunset or Saturday before sunset. In a subsequent interview conducted by an investigator with CDCR’s background investigation unit, Brown reiterated this limitation.

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Government Code.

2 The investigator reported Brown’s unwillingness to work from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday to…