Employer record, California WARN filings

First Student Layoff Notices in California

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

First Student: 22 notices, 2,631 workers, Oct 24, 2014 to May 1, 2026. Every filing the EDD has on record, with the 60-day notice math.

Every WARN notice filed with the California EDD since July 2014: 17,562 notices, 8,284 employers, 1,453,182 workers.

First Student layoff notices at a glance

First Student has filed 22 WARN notices with the California Employment Development Department between Oct 24, 2014 and May 1, 2026, naming 2,631 workers. 11 were closures and 11 were layoffs; 20 permanent, 2 temporary. The largest single notice named 228 workers in San Francisco County on May 25, 2021. Its latest notice, 170 workers in Fresno County dated May 1, 2026, was 16.6% of the 1,024 workers named in all 51 Fresno County notices of fiscal year 2025-2026. 5 of the notices show fewer than 60 days between the notice date and the effective date (see how to read this). 1 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 $4,298 in back wages agreed for 13 workers.

Every notice, newest first

Notice dateEffectiveCountyCityWorkersTypeDays notice
May 1, 2026Jul 1, 2026FresnoFresno170Layoff, permanent61
May 9, 2025Aug 8, 2025Los AngelesSan Fernando88Layoff, permanent91
Mar 25, 2025Jun 11, 2025RiversidePalm Springs109Closure, permanent78
May 15, 2024Jul 16, 2024San BernardinoSan Bernardino201Layoff, permanent62
Jul 5, 2022Aug 15, 2022Los AngelesPasadena54Layoff, permanent41 under 60
Jul 1, 2022Aug 26, 2022Los AngelesGardena176Layoff, permanent56 under 60
Jul 1, 2022Aug 26, 2022Los AngelesLos Angeles105Layoff, permanent56 under 60
Jul 1, 2022Aug 26, 2022Los AngelesSan Fernando71Layoff, permanent56 under 60
May 25, 2021Jul 31, 2021San FranciscoSan Francisco228Layoff, permanent67
May 5, 2021Jul 31, 2021San FranciscoSan Francisco188Layoff, permanent87
Aug 21, 2020Sep 30, 2020San FranciscoSan Francisco227Layoff, temporary40 under 60
May 1, 2020May 1, 2020Los AngelesPasadena133Layoff, temporary0 COVID order
Apr 30, 2019Jun 30, 2019Los AngelesPalmdale133Closure, permanent61
Apr 16, 2019Jun 30, 2019Los AngelesBaldwin Park125Closure, permanent75
Apr 16, 2019Jun 30, 2019San BernardinoSan Bernardino76Closure, permanent75
May 1, 2018Jun 30, 2018Los AngelesLos Angeles174Closure, permanent60
Apr 29, 2016Jun 30, 2016San BernardinoYucca Valley5Closure, permanent62
Apr 14, 2016Jun 30, 2016SonomaSanta Rosa131Closure, permanent77
Apr 14, 2016Jun 30, 2016San BernardinoYucca Valley71Closure, permanent77
Apr 14, 2016Jun 30, 2016SonomaSanta Rosa5Closure, permanent77
Apr 14, 2016Jun 30, 2016San BernardinoYucca Valley5Closure, permanent77
Oct 24, 2014Dec 31, 2014San BernardinoUpland156Closure, permanent68

Sites named on the notices

  • 2805 South East Avenue Fresno CA 93725 (May 1, 2026, 170 workers)
  • 11233 San Fernando Road San Fernando CA 91340 (May 9, 2025, 88 workers)
  • 5006 Calle Raphael Palm Springs CA 92264 (Mar 25, 2025, 109 workers)
  • 844 East 9th Street San Bernardino CA 92410 (May 15, 2024, 201 workers)
  • 1600 Lincoln Ave. Pasadena CA 91103 (Jul 5, 2022, 54 workers)
  • 14800 South Avalon Blvd. Gardena CA 90248 (Jul 1, 2022, 176 workers)
  • 5950 S. St. Andrews Pl. Los Angeles CA 90047 (Jul 1, 2022, 105 workers)

Where the notices landed

Local pages: San Francisco employment lawyer, Los Angeles employment lawyer, San Bernardino employment lawyer, Pasadena employment lawyer, Los Angeles County employment law guide, San Francisco 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 First Student the shortest gap shown is 40 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.

2 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 First Student

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 2014-2015 to 2025-2026. 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.

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