Catarina Cortez v. Target Corporation

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On February 10, 2022, Target hired Plaintiff as a warehouse worker at Target’s Global Supply Chain Logistics facility in Shafter, California. Approximately four months later, on June 9, 2022, Plaintiff informed Target that she was pregnant. After informing Target of her pregnancy, Plaintiff alleges that Target discriminated against her and harassed her in violation of California’s Fair Employment & Housing Act (“FEHA”), Cal. Gov’t Code § 12940, et seq., and effectively terminated her in September 2022. With respect to the Defendant Kamber Taylor, Plaintiff alleges, inter alia, that: • On August 28, 2022, Taylor (Plaintiff’s supervisor) dismissed Plaintiff’s concerns about becoming overheated at work, telling Plaintiff that she was just “hormonal.” • On that same date, Taylor questioned Plaintiff about her pregnancy. Plaintiff did not want to share personal, private information about her pregnancy, and advised Taylor that she would rather not talk about her pregnancy. A few days later, Taylor’s direct supervisor, Leslie Carroll, admonished Plaintiff for not answering Taylor’s questions about her pregnancy. • On that same day, with…