Abercrombie & Fitch layoff notices at a glance
Abercrombie & Fitch has filed 11 WARN notices with the California Employment Development Department between Dec 7, 2018 and Nov 16, 2021, naming 952 workers. 11 were closures and 0 were layoffs; 7 permanent, 4 temporary. The largest single notice named 544 workers in San Diego County on Apr 9, 2020. The largest of its 2 notices dated Nov 16, 2021, 21 workers in Los Angeles County, was 0.3% of the 7,859 workers named in all 119 Los Angeles County notices of fiscal year 2021-2022. 4 of the notices show fewer than 60 days between the notice date and the effective date (see how to read this). 4 notices carry a notice date later than the effective date it announces, which usually means the letter reached the EDD after the separations had begun. 4 fall in the March to June 2020 window when the Governor's COVID order suspended the 60-day requirement. The same employer appears in 5 U.S. Labor Department wage and hour investigations, with $219 in back wages agreed for 1 worker.
Every notice, newest first
| Notice date | Effective | County | City | Workers | Type | Days notice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2021 | Jan 16, 2022 | Los Angeles | Redondo Beach | 21 | Closure, permanent | 61 |
| Nov 16, 2021 | Jan 16, 2022 | Orange | Westminster | 17 | Closure, permanent | 61 |
| Dec 19, 2020 | Jan 16, 2021 | Sonoma | Santa Rosa | 29 | Closure, permanent | 28 under 60 |
| Nov 19, 2020 | Jan 16, 2021 | San Luis Obispo | San Luis Obispo | 40 | Closure, permanent | 58 under 60 |
| Apr 9, 2020 | Mar 29, 2020 | San Diego | San Diego | 544 | Closure, temporary | 11 days after effective date |
| Apr 9, 2020 | Mar 29, 2020 | Sonoma | Santa Rosa | 98 | Closure, temporary | 11 days after effective date |
| Apr 9, 2020 | Mar 29, 2020 | Tulare | Visalia | 58 | Closure, temporary | 11 days after effective date |
| Apr 9, 2020 | Mar 29, 2020 | Ventura | Ventura | 49 | Closure, temporary | 11 days after effective date |
| Dec 11, 2019 | Jan 31, 2020 | Santa Clara | Palo Alto | 45 | Closure, permanent | 51 under 60 |
| Nov 26, 2019 | Jan 31, 2020 | Ventura | Thousand Oaks | 34 | Closure, permanent | 66 |
| Dec 7, 2018 | Jan 20, 2019 | Los Angeles | Rolling Hills | 17 | Closure, permanent | 44 under 60 |
Sites named on the notices
- 1815 Hawthorn Blvd #168 Redondo Beach (Nov 16, 2021, 21 workers)
- 1011 Westminster Mall Westminster CA (Nov 16, 2021, 17 workers)
Also filed as: Abercrombie & Fitch - HCo.; Abercrombie & Fitch ***(CANCELLED); Abercrombie & Fitch Co; Abercrombie & Fitch Co.; Abercrombie & Fitch HCo.; Abercrombie & Fitch-HCo.; Abercrombie & Fitch Co. at Galleria at South Bay; Abercrombie & Fitch Co. at Westminster Hollister.
Where the notices landed
- San Diego County1 notice, 544 workers
- Sonoma County2 notices, 127 workers
- Ventura County2 notices, 83 workers
- Tulare County1 notice, 58 workers
- Santa Clara County1 notice, 45 workers
- San Luis Obispo County1 notice, 40 workers
- Los Angeles County2 notices, 38 workers
- Orange County1 notice, 17 workers
- San Diego1 notice, 544 workers
- Santa Rosa2 notices, 127 workers
- Visalia1 notice, 58 workers
- Ventura1 notice, 49 workers
- Palo Alto1 notice, 45 workers
- San Luis Obispo1 notice, 40 workers
- Thousand Oaks1 notice, 34 workers
- Redondo Beach1 notice, 21 workers
- Westminster1 notice, 17 workers
- Rolling Hills1 notice, 17 workers
Local pages: San Diego employment lawyer, Santa Rosa employment lawyer, Visalia employment lawyer, San Diego County employment law guide, Sonoma County employment law guide.
How to read this record
Notice date is the date on the employer's letter. Effective is the first day of separations it announced. Days notice is the gap between them; California Labor Code 1401 calls for 60 days from a covered employer, and section 1402 makes a short notice worth a day of pay and benefits for every day it is short, up to 60.
For Abercrombie & Fitch the shortest gap shown is 28 days. That is a reason to check whether an exception in 1401(c) or 1402.5 applied, whether the workers received the letter earlier than the EDD did, and whether anyone was let go before the effective date. It is not, by itself, a finding against the employer.
4 notices are dated after the effective date on the same filing. Notice given after the layoff has started is the clearest case the statute addresses: section 1402 counts every day between the separation and the notice as a day owed, up to 60.
4 notices are marked temporary. A temporary layoff that runs past six months is treated as a termination under the federal Act, and the employer should issue a new notice before that point.
Full statute walk-through: the California 60-day rule, section by section.
If you work, or worked, at Abercrombie & Fitch
Keep the notice, every email about the selection, and your final pay stub. A free review covers four things in one call: whether the notice period was honored and paid, whether final pay and vacation payout arrived on time, whether the selection pattern raises an age, pregnancy or leave, or retaliation question, and what a proposed severance release is actually worth before you sign it. Call (800) 371-3088 or send the notice.
Source: California EDD WARN reports, fiscal years 2018-2019 to 2021-2022. Record last checked against the EDD on Oct 31, 2026. 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.