Dole Food Company, Inc. layoff notices at a glance
Dole Food Company, Inc. has filed 2 WARN notices with the California Employment Development Department between Aug 28, 2017 and Nov 16, 2017, naming 542 workers. 2 were closures and 0 were layoffs; 2 permanent, 0 temporary. The largest single notice named 402 workers in Santa Cruz County on Aug 28, 2017. Its latest notice, 140 workers in Santa Cruz County dated Nov 16, 2017, was 25.8% of the 543 workers named in all 3 Santa Cruz County notices of fiscal year 2017-2018. The same employer appears in 1 U.S. Labor Department wage and hour investigation, with no violations found.
Every notice, newest first
| Notice date | Effective | County | City | Workers | Type | Days notice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2017 | Jan 16, 2018 | Santa Cruz | Watsonville | 140 | Closure, permanent | 61 |
| Aug 28, 2017 | Oct 28, 2017 | Santa Cruz | Watsonville | 402 | Closure, permanent | 61 |
Where the notices landed
- Santa Cruz County2 notices, 542 workers
- Watsonville2 notices, 542 workers
Local pages: Santa Cruz 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.
Every notice on file for Dole Food Company, Inc. shows 60 days or more between the two dates, which is what the statute expects. The questions that remain for a worker are the ones the notice does not answer: whether pay and benefits ran through the effective date, whether final wages arrived on the last day (Labor Code 201 and 203), and who was selected and why.
Full statute walk-through: the California 60-day rule, section by section.
If you work, or worked, at Dole Food Company, 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 report, fiscal year 2017-2018. Record last checked against the EDD on Oct 30, 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.