City record, California WARN filings

Bakersfield Layoff Notices, Fiscal Year 2017-2018

Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.Legal notes by Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.

Every WARN notice filed by employers in Bakersfield since July 2014: 175 notices and 18,917 workers, searchable and sorted newest first.

Every WARN notice filed with the California EDD since July 2014: 17,562 notices, 8,284 employers, 1,453,182 workers.

Layoff notices in Bakersfield at a glance

Bakersfield employers have filed 175 WARN notices with the EDD since July 1, 2014, naming 18,917 workers. The most recent notice is dated Oct 19, 2026. 41 of the notices show fewer than 60 days between notice and effective date outside the 2020 COVID window; the 60-day rule explains what that gap can mean for the workers involved. Since the EDD began reporting industry in 2026, the sectors filing most here are Manufacturing (1,742 workers), Mining Quarrying Oil and Gas Exraction (53 workers), Transportation and Warehousing (34 workers).

Notices in fiscal year 2017-2018, newest first

4 notices, 1,161 workers. Show all years.

WARN notices in Bakersfield
EmployerNotice dateEffectiveWorkersTypeDays notice
Grimmway FarmsMay 3, 2018Jul 6, 2018201Closure, temporary64
Adventist Health BakersfieldFeb 5, 2018Apr 1, 2018177Layoff, permanent55 under 60
ABM Industry Groups, LLCJan 18, 2018Mar 26, 2018104Closure, permanent67
Nestle USA, Inc.Sep 23, 2017Nov 26, 2017679Layoff, temporary64

Largest layoffs in Bakersfield since 2014

Bakersfield by fiscal year

Fiscal yearNoticesClosuresWorkers
2026-2027761,830
2025-20261451,490
2024-20251361,151
2023-20242542,377
2022-2023832,180
2021-20221191,196
2020-20211631,074
2019-20203862,630
2018-20191051,509
2017-2018421,161
2016-201772534
2015-2016132833
2014-201591952

Local help after a layoff in Bakersfield

A WARN notice is the start of a paper trail, not the end of your rights. Workers in Bakersfield bring WARN back-pay claims in the Superior Court of the county, and the agency routes for the questions that usually travel with a layoff are the same statewide: unpaid final wages and vacation payout go to the Labor Commissioner, discrimination in who was selected goes to the Civil Rights Department (three years to file) or the EEOC (300 days). Our Bakersfield employment law page covers the local courts, agencies and deadlines. See also all notices in the county. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088.

Source: California EDD WARN reports, July 2014 to Oct 27, 2026. County and city are as stated on the notice; for 2014 to 2017 filings, where the EDD listed only a city, the county is assigned from that city. Back to the layoff tracker.

About this data: Notices come from the California Employment Development Department WARN reports (fiscal years 2014-2015 to today) and are reloaded from the EDD every Tuesday and Thursday. Employer names appear as the employer wrote them on the notice, grouped where the names clearly refer to the same company. A notice is not a finding that any law was broken. This page is general information, not legal advice about your situation.

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