Gevargeza

INTRODUCTION

Sharlin Gevargeza worked as pharmacy manager at a Walgreens store. Gevargeza’s supervisors praised her for her excellent customer service, but criticized her for not meeting Walgreens’ productivity expectations. After Gevargeza’s supervisors pressured her to resign, Gevargeza went on medical leave. A few months later Walgreens replaced Gevargeza and, according to Gevargeza, did not offer her a comparable position. Gevargeza filed this action against Walgreens and one of her supervisors, Jose Vargas, for discrimination and retaliation in violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act (Gov. Code, § 12900 et seq. (FEHA)), wrongful termination in violation of public policy, retaliation in violation of Labor Code section 1102.5, and related causes of action. Walgreens and Vargas filed a motion for summary judgment or in the alternative for summary adjudication on all causes of action, making two primary arguments: (1) Gevargeza did not suffer an adverse employment action and (2) Walgreens took any adverse employment action for legitimate, nondiscriminatory, and nonretaliatory reasons. The trial court granted the motion for summary judgment. We conclude the trial court…