City record, California WARN filings

Oakland Layoff Notices, Fiscal Year 2017-2018

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

Every WARN notice filed by employers in Oakland since July 2014: 224 notices and 13,487 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 Oakland at a glance

Oakland employers have filed 224 WARN notices with the EDD since July 1, 2014, naming 13,487 workers. The most recent notice is dated Oct 25, 2026. 59 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 Accommodation and Food Services (181 workers), Transportation and Warehousing (80 workers), Public Administration (78 workers).

Notices in fiscal year 2017-2018, newest first

6 notices, 132 workers. Show all years.

WARN notices in Oakland
EmployerNotice dateEffectiveWorkersTypeDays notice
Nestle USA, Inc.Apr 13, 2018Jun 15, 20182Layoff, permanent63
Roman Catholic Welfare Corporation ofMar 28, 2018Jun 9, 201839Closure, permanent73
Roman Catholic Welfare Corporation ofMar 28, 2018Jun 16, 201817Closure, permanent80
Nestle USA, Inc.
Nestle USA, Inc. (NUSA)
Dec 18, 2017Feb 23, 20184Closure, permanent67
Eventbrite, Inc.Sep 1, 2017Aug 30, 20173Layoff, permanent2 days after effective date
KapStone Container CorporationAug 1, 2017Oct 1, 201767Closure, permanent61

Largest layoffs in Oakland since 2014

Oakland by fiscal year

Fiscal yearNoticesClosuresWorkers
2026-2027242383
2025-2026244964
2024-20252861,286
2023-2024235564
2022-2023213854
2021-202292398
2020-20211631,827
2019-20203753,511
2018-2019961,448
2017-201864132
2016-2017115839
2015-20161251,116
2014-201542165

Local help after a layoff in Oakland

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