Goodwill Industries layoff notices at a glance
Goodwill Industries has filed 4 WARN notices with the California Employment Development Department between Mar 25, 2020 and Mar 1, 2021, naming 67 workers. 1 was a closure and 3 were layoffs; 0 permanent, 3 temporary, 1 with the type left blank. The largest single notice named 18 workers in Stanislaus County on Mar 25, 2020. Its latest notice, 15 workers in Solano County dated Mar 1, 2021, was 6.4% of the 234 workers named in all 11 Solano 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). 2 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. 3 fall in the March to June 2020 window when the Governor's COVID order suspended the 60-day requirement. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2021 | Mar 5, 2021 | Solano | Dixon | 15 | Closure, type not stated | 4 under 60 |
| Mar 25, 2020 | Mar 20, 2020 | Stanislaus | Modesto | 18 | Layoff, temporary | 5 days after effective date |
| Mar 25, 2020 | Mar 20, 2020 | Fresno | Fresno | 18 | Layoff, temporary | 5 days after effective date |
| Mar 25, 2020 | Mar 25, 2020 | Stanislaus | Modesto | 16 | Layoff, temporary | 0 COVID order |
Also filed as: Goodwill Industries - Fresno; Goodwill Industries- San Joaquin.
Where the notices landed
- Stanislaus County2 notices, 34 workers
- Fresno County1 notice, 18 workers
- Solano County1 notice, 15 workers
- Modesto2 notices, 34 workers
- Fresno1 notice, 18 workers
- Dixon1 notice, 15 workers
Local pages: Modesto employment lawyer, Fresno employment lawyer, Stanislaus County employment law guide, Fresno 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 Goodwill Industries 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.
2 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.
3 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 Goodwill Industries
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 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.