Saucedo

BACKGROUND

The County hired Saucedo to work as an Office Assistant I in its Department of Health and Human Services in July 2015. An August 1990 description of the position, which she attached as an exhibit to the complaint, listed a number of “[i]llustrative” duties of Office Assistants I and II, including acting as a receptionist, receiving and screening visitors and telephone calls, taking messages, providing information regarding County activities, typing correspondence, preparing reports and meeting materials, proofreading materials, entering data, maintaining records, processing forms, and taking notes for meetings, among others. The description further stated that specific duties of the Office Assistant II position, including “contact with the public,” would “vary with the organizational unit to which assigned.” A July 2003 description, also attached as an exhibit to the complaint, similarly set forth a long list of examples of typical duties an office assistant “may” have to perform, such as assisting the public in person or by phone, answering inquiries related to department services, scheduling appointments, researching information, processing mail, and maintaining…