City record, California WARN filings

Richmond Layoff Notices, Fiscal Year 2020-2021

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

Every WARN notice filed by employers in Richmond since July 2014: 38 notices and 3,362 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 Richmond at a glance

Richmond employers have filed 38 WARN notices with the EDD since July 1, 2014, naming 3,362 workers. The most recent notice is dated Oct 19, 2026. 5 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 Retail Trade (92 workers), Public Administration (1 workers).

Notices in fiscal year 2020-2021, newest first

1 notices, 67 workers. Show all years.

WARN notices in Richmond
EmployerNotice dateEffectiveWorkersTypeDays notice
Hilltop Family YMCAJul 16, 2020Jul 16, 202067Layoff, permanent0 under 60

Largest layoffs in Richmond since 2014

Richmond by fiscal year

Fiscal yearNoticesClosuresWorkers
2026-20272193
2025-202620114
2024-202571464
2023-202454261
2022-202353750
2021-202221196
2020-20211067
2019-202040506
2018-201922166
2017-201821241
2016-201721167
2015-201631118
2014-201510219

Local help after a layoff in Richmond

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