Darden Restaurants, Inc. layoff notices at a glance
Darden Restaurants, Inc. has filed 6 WARN notices with the California Employment Development Department between Mar 16, 2020 and Nov 30, 2020, naming 1,035 workers. 1 was a closure and 5 were layoffs; 1 permanent, 5 temporary. The largest single notice named 323 workers in Ventura County on May 6, 2020. Its latest notice, 53 workers in San Francisco County dated Nov 30, 2020, was 0.2% of the 27,038 workers named in all 162 San Francisco County notices of fiscal year 2020-2021. One of the notices shows 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. 5 fall in the March to June 2020 window when the Governor's COVID order suspended the 60-day requirement.
Every notice, newest first
| Notice date | Effective | County | City | Workers | Type | Days notice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 2020 | Dec 4, 2020 | San Francisco | San Francisco | 53 | Closure, permanent | 4 under 60 |
| May 6, 2020 | Mar 16, 2020 | Ventura | Oxnard | 323 | Layoff, temporary | 51 days after effective date |
| May 6, 2020 | Mar 16, 2020 | Contra Costa | Concord | 256 | Layoff, temporary | 51 days after effective date |
| May 6, 2020 | Mar 16, 2020 | Sutter | Yuba City | 146 | Layoff, temporary | 51 days after effective date |
| May 6, 2020 | Mar 16, 2020 | Tulare | Visalia | 137 | Layoff, temporary | 51 days after effective date |
| Mar 16, 2020 | Mar 16, 2020 | Los Angeles | Pasadena | 120 | Layoff, temporary | 0 COVID order |
Also filed as: Darden Restaurants, Inc. - Olive Garden; Darden Restaurants, Inc. - Yard House; Darden Restaurants, - Yard House.
Where the notices landed
- Ventura County1 notice, 323 workers
- Contra Costa County1 notice, 256 workers
- Sutter County1 notice, 146 workers
- Tulare County1 notice, 137 workers
- Los Angeles County1 notice, 120 workers
- San Francisco County1 notice, 53 workers
- Oxnard1 notice, 323 workers
- Concord1 notice, 256 workers
- Yuba City1 notice, 146 workers
- Visalia1 notice, 137 workers
- Pasadena1 notice, 120 workers
- San Francisco1 notice, 53 workers
Local pages: Oxnard employment lawyer, Concord employment lawyer, Visalia employment lawyer, Ventura County employment law guide, Contra Costa 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 Darden Restaurants, Inc. the shortest gap shown is 4 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.
5 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 Darden Restaurants, Inc.
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 2019-2020 to 2020-2021. 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.