City record, California WARN filings

Los Angeles Layoff Notices, Fiscal Year 2024-2025

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

Every WARN notice filed by employers in Los Angeles since July 2014: 1,196 notices and 130,253 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 Los Angeles at a glance

Los Angeles employers have filed 1,196 WARN notices with the EDD since July 1, 2014, naming 130,253 workers. The most recent notice is dated Oct 15, 2026. 314 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 Information (326 workers), Other Services Except Public Administration (247 workers), Healthcare and Social Assistance (147 workers).

Notices in fiscal year 2024-2025, newest first

108 notices, 21,526 workers, page 2 of 2. Show all years.

WARN notices in Los Angeles
EmployerNotice dateEffectiveWorkersTypeDays notice
University of Southern CaliforniaJul 26, 2024Oct 1, 20243Layoff, permanent67
University of Southern CaliforniaJul 26, 2024Oct 1, 20242Layoff, permanent67
University of Southern CaliforniaJul 26, 2024Oct 1, 20241Layoff, permanent67
Kimura Enterprise, Inc.Jul 22, 2024Sep 22, 202415Closure, permanent62
OptumJul 18, 2024Sep 16, 202425Closure, permanent60
OptumJul 18, 2024Sep 16, 20241Closure, permanent60
City National BankJul 15, 2024Sep 13, 20246Layoff, permanent60
City National BankJul 15, 2024Sep 13, 20242Layoff, permanent60

Largest layoffs in Los Angeles since 2014

Los Angeles by fiscal year

Fiscal yearNoticesClosuresWorkers
2026-20274421,341
2025-2026137286,196
2024-20251085421,526
2023-202486234,295
2022-202370183,096
2021-20221781,792
2020-20211724121,269
2019-20203805351,018
2018-201942224,112
2017-201832213,736
2016-201730184,856
2015-201642284,769
2014-20153682,247

Local help after a layoff in Los Angeles

A WARN notice is the start of a paper trail, not the end of your rights. Workers in Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles 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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