City record, California WARN filings

Sunnyvale Layoff Notices, Fiscal Year 2015-2016

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

Every WARN notice filed by employers in Sunnyvale since July 2014: 279 notices and 14,215 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 Sunnyvale at a glance

Sunnyvale employers have filed 279 WARN notices with the EDD since July 1, 2014, naming 14,215 workers. The most recent notice is dated Sep 30, 2026. 66 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 (151 workers), Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation (137 workers), Information (128 workers).

Notices in fiscal year 2015-2016, newest first

8 notices, 997 workers. Show all years.

WARN notices in Sunnyvale
EmployerNotice dateEffectiveWorkersTypeDays notice
StemCells, Inc.May 31, 2016Aug 1, 201627Closure, permanent62
Simply Hired, Inc.May 26, 2016Jul 26, 201694Closure, permanent61
NetApp, Inc.Mar 1, 2016Apr 30, 2016376Layoff, permanent60
Investor's Business Daily, Inc.Feb 22, 2016Apr 29, 20163Layoff, permanent67
Imagine Communications Corp.Jan 25, 2016Apr 1, 201650Closure, permanent67
Yahoo! Inc.Feb 17, 2016Apr 18, 2016127Layoff, permanent61
Yahoo! Inc.Feb 10, 2016Apr 11, 2016107Layoff, permanent61
Motorola Mobility LLCAug 13, 2015Oct 23, 2015213Layoff, permanent71

Largest layoffs in Sunnyvale since 2014

EmployerNoticesWorkersLatest
Cepheid341,421Mar 12, 2025
Amazon291,205Aug 27, 2026
Meta Platforms, Inc.111,044May 22, 2026
Walmart17932Jun 19, 2026
NetApp, Inc.6870Sep 2, 2020
Bon Appetit2590Aug 31, 2020
Synopsys, Inc.7421Aug 30, 2026
Juniper Networks, Inc.5388Mar 5, 2024
LinkedIn Corporation6332May 15, 2026
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.1331Aug 21, 2025
Clari Inc.3311Feb 10, 2026
Motorola Mobility LLC2271Sep 27, 2016
Yahoo Holdings, Inc.1263Jun 14, 2017
Yahoo! Inc.2234Feb 17, 2016
Hewlett Packard Enterprise1208Sep 15, 2016
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.3199Apr 16, 2015
Security Industry Specialists, Inc.1196May 24, 2019
Google18175Jan 26, 2026
Riverbed Technology, Inc.4168Aug 8, 2019
Level 10 Construction, LP1158Mar 27, 2020

Sunnyvale by fiscal year

Fiscal yearNoticesClosuresWorkers
2026-202780484
2025-20266822,564
2024-20254051,728
2023-20244411,265
2022-20234311,982
2020-2021120949
2019-20201911,155
2018-201962438
2017-201893750
2016-201783924
2015-201683997
2014-2015142979

Local help after a layoff in Sunnyvale

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