Safari

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

Safari began working as a nurse in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department in October 2005. The County promoted her to the rank of Supervising Nurse in January 2010 and assigned her to the “early morning” shift (10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.) at the Sheriff’s Correctional Treatment Center (CTC). She claims that a few months after beginning to work the early morning shift at the CTC she began to suffer from “headaches, fatigue, dizziness, dehydration, neck and back pain, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, weight loss, nausea and vomiting.” On May 18, 2010, Safari filed a workers compensation claim and provided the County with a doctor’s note stating that she needed to be off work until May 21, 2010. Later that month Safari submitted a doctor’s note stating that she could return to work in June without any physical limitations but that she had to be placed on the day shift. On June 7, 2010, Safari submitted another doctor’s note stating that she required more time off and that, upon her return, she should not work the night

1 All statutory references are to the Government Code unless otherwise noted. 2 shift and should not work at the CTC. Another note…