City record, California WARN filings

South San Francisco Layoff Notices, Fiscal Year 2022-2023

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

Every WARN notice filed by employers in South San Francisco since July 2014: 117 notices and 7,791 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 South San Francisco at a glance

South San Francisco employers have filed 117 WARN notices with the EDD since July 1, 2014, naming 7,791 workers. The most recent notice is dated Aug 30, 2026. 37 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 Professional Scientific and Technical Services (261 workers), Wholesale Trade (1 workers).

Notices in fiscal year 2022-2023, newest first

16 notices, 1,096 workers. Show all years.

WARN notices in South San Francisco
EmployerNotice dateEffectiveWorkersTypeDays notice
Twist Bioscience CorporationMay 4, 2023Jul 3, 2023197Layoff, permanent60
Nektar TherapeuticsApr 17, 2023Jun 16, 202372Layoff, permanent60
Emerald Cloud Lab, Inc.Apr 14, 2023Apr 30, 202330Closure, permanent16 under 60
NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.Apr 4, 2023Jun 5, 202375Layoff, permanent62
Genentech, Inc.Mar 23, 2023May 24, 2023271Layoff, permanent62
Graphite BioMar 1, 2023Apr 24, 202314Layoff, permanent54 under 60
Graphite BioMar 1, 2023Jun 1, 20233Layoff, permanent92
Graphite BioMar 1, 2023Mar 1, 20232Layoff, permanent0 under 60
Fate Therapeutics, Inc.Jan 5, 2023Mar 6, 202321Layoff, permanent60
Verily Life Sciences LLCJan 11, 2023Mar 12, 2023119Layoff, permanent60
Plenty Unlimited Inc.Dec 1, 2022Jan 31, 202318Closure, permanent61
Thermo Fisher ScientificNov 15, 2022Jan 31, 202349Layoff, permanent77
PACT Pharma, Inc.Aug 19, 2022Sep 30, 202251Layoff, permanent42 under 60
Atara BiotherapeuticsAug 8, 2022Oct 7, 202214Layoff, permanent60
CytomX Therapeutics, Inc.Jul 13, 2022Jul 13, 202266Layoff, type not stated0 under 60
PACT Pharma, Inc.Jun 30, 2022Aug 29, 202294Layoff, permanent60

Largest layoffs in South San Francisco since 2014

EmployerNoticesWorkersLatest
Genentech, Inc.91,506Jun 25, 2026
Flying Food Group, LLC6743Oct 4, 2021
Genentech, Inc. and Genentech USA, Inc.2526Nov 3, 2021
See's Candies, Inc.2434Apr 16, 2020
Off the Grid Services, LLC - The Whole Cart, LLC1251Apr 15, 2021
Sodexo, Inc.1200Sep 11, 2020
Twist Bioscience Corporation1197May 4, 2023
Embassy Suites Employer LLC - Embassy Suites2165Jul 31, 2020
HMSHost1164Aug 11, 2020
Stitch Fix, Inc.1162Jan 26, 2021
NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.2160Apr 29, 2025
Arsenal Biosciences, Inc.2158Aug 30, 2026
Portola/Alexion1150Aug 17, 2020
PACT Pharma, Inc.2145Aug 19, 2022
Verily Life Sciences LLC1119Jan 11, 2023
Freenome, Inc.1118Apr 23, 2024
Thermo Fisher Scientific2113Jun 22, 2023
CytomX Therapeutics, Inc.2112Jan 6, 2025
SFO Airporter, Inc. dba Compass Transportation1108May 22, 2020
Bright Horizons, 2nd Generation at Cabot1102Apr 9, 2020

South San Francisco by fiscal year

Fiscal yearNoticesClosuresWorkers
2026-202730159
2025-2026101715
2024-2025161651
2023-20241461,030
2022-20231621,096
2021-202261480
2020-202125142,479
2019-20202771,181

Local help after a layoff in South San Francisco

A WARN notice is the start of a paper trail, not the end of your rights. Workers in South San Francisco 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 county 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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