Stefanac

BACKGROUND

The Parties and the General Setting Dome is a commercial construction company headquartered in San Francisco. Stefanac is a carpenter who worked for Dome at various times, most recently in 2020, at a construction site in Newark, the employment that gave rise to the dispute here, which employment will be discussed in more detail below. As described in a complaint Stefanac would come to file, she first worked for Dome in 2017, at a site in Marin County. And according to that complaint—which, of course, contains only allegations—Stefanac’s first

1 experience was not uneventful. To the contrary, Stefanac, a lesbian, described that she was working at the BioMarin site in Novato alongside co- workers Craig Bell and Joaquin Gutierrez. Gutierrez was using a heavy wrecking bar to demolish flooring, and Stefanac suggested that Bell remove his dark shades in the dimly lit work area. Bell then began taunting and threatening her, making comments such as “Hit that bitch, Joaquin! Hit that motherfucking bitch with the bar!” Bell also made vulgar sexual remarks and comments about “shooting [plaintiff] in the motherfucking face.” Stefanac reported this incident to the foreman, Doug…