FM Restaurants HQ, LLC layoff notices at a glance
FM Restaurants HQ, LLC has filed 11 WARN notices with the California Employment Development Department between Apr 9, 2020 and May 6, 2026, naming 680 workers. 6 were closures and 5 were layoffs; 6 permanent, 5 temporary. The largest single notice named 108 workers in Santa Clara County on Apr 9, 2020. Its latest notice, 56 workers in Orange County dated May 6, 2026, was 0.9% of the 6,293 workers named in all 98 Orange County notices of fiscal year 2025-2026. 4 of the notices show fewer than 60 days between the notice date and the effective date (see how to read this). 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | Jun 10, 2026 | Orange | Irvine | 56 | Closure, permanent | 35 under 60 |
| Apr 26, 2026 | Apr 30, 2026 | Orange | Cypress | 43 | Closure, permanent | 4 under 60 |
| Apr 17, 2026 | Apr 19, 2026 | Orange | Cypress | 49 | Closure, permanent | 2 under 60 |
| Mar 4, 2024 | May 3, 2024 | Solano | Vallejo | 48 | Closure, permanent | 60 |
| Mar 4, 2024 | May 3, 2024 | Orange | Westminster | 40 | Closure, permanent | 60 |
| Feb 22, 2024 | Apr 16, 2024 | Alameda | Emeryville | 62 | Closure, permanent | 54 under 60 |
| Apr 9, 2020 | Mar 20, 2020 | Santa Clara | Milpitas | 108 | Layoff, temporary | 20 days after effective date |
| Apr 9, 2020 | Mar 20, 2020 | Solano | Vallejo | 95 | Layoff, temporary | 20 days after effective date |
| Apr 9, 2020 | Mar 20, 2020 | Riverside | Riverside | 65 | Layoff, temporary | 20 days after effective date |
| Apr 9, 2020 | Mar 20, 2020 | San Bernardino | Ontario | 64 | Layoff, temporary | 20 days after effective date |
| Apr 9, 2020 | Mar 20, 2020 | Sonoma | Santa Rosa | 50 | Layoff, temporary | 20 days after effective date |
Sites named on the notices
- 18512 MacArthur Boulevard Irvine CA 92612 (May 6, 2026, 56 workers)
- 11065 Knott Avenue, Suite A Cypress CA 90630 (Apr 26, 2026, 43 workers)
- 157 Plaza Drive Vallejo CA 94591 (Mar 4, 2024, 48 workers)
- 15042 Goldenwest Street Westminster CA 92683 (Mar 4, 2024, 40 workers)
- 1890 Powell Street Emeryville CA 94608 (Feb 22, 2024, 62 workers)
Also filed as: FM Restaurants HQ, LLC - El Torito; FM Restaurants HQ, LLC - El Torito -; FM Restaurants HQ, LLC - Chevys.
Where the notices landed
- Orange County4 notices, 188 workers
- Solano County2 notices, 143 workers
- Santa Clara County1 notice, 108 workers
- Riverside County1 notice, 65 workers
- San Bernardino County1 notice, 64 workers
- Alameda County1 notice, 62 workers
- Sonoma County1 notice, 50 workers
- Vallejo2 notices, 143 workers
- Milpitas1 notice, 108 workers
- Cypress2 notices, 92 workers
- Riverside1 notice, 65 workers
- Ontario1 notice, 64 workers
- Emeryville1 notice, 62 workers
- Irvine1 notice, 56 workers
- Santa Rosa1 notice, 50 workers
- Westminster1 notice, 40 workers
Local pages: Vallejo employment lawyer, Riverside employment lawyer, Orange County employment law guide, Solano 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 FM Restaurants HQ, LLC the shortest gap shown is 2 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.
5 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 FM Restaurants HQ, LLC
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 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.