Guitar Center, Inc. layoff notices at a glance
Guitar Center, Inc. has filed 5 WARN notices with the California Employment Development Department between Apr 2, 2020 and Jan 8, 2025, naming 366 workers. 2 were closures and 3 were layoffs; 2 permanent, 3 temporary. The largest single notice named 175 workers in Ventura County on Apr 9, 2020. Its latest notice, 43 workers in Los Angeles County dated Jan 8, 2025, was 0.1% of the 33,983 workers named in all 393 Los Angeles County notices of fiscal year 2024-2025. 3 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.
Every notice, newest first
| Notice date | Effective | County | City | Workers | Type | Days notice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 2025 | Mar 10, 2025 | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | 43 | Closure, permanent | 61 |
| Jan 8, 2025 | Mar 10, 2025 | Santa Clara | Gilroy | 19 | Closure, permanent | 61 |
| Apr 20, 2020 | Apr 17, 2020 | Ventura | Thousand Oaks | 55 | Layoff, temporary | 3 days after effective date |
| Apr 9, 2020 | Apr 6, 2020 | Ventura | Westlake Village | 175 | Layoff, temporary | 3 days after effective date |
| Apr 2, 2020 | Mar 30, 2020 | Ventura | Westlake Village | 74 | Layoff, temporary | 3 days after effective date |
Sites named on the notices
- 10831 W. Pico Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90064 (Jan 8, 2025, 43 workers)
- 6910 Automall Pkwy Gilroy CA 95020 (Jan 8, 2025, 19 workers)
Also filed as: Guitar Center, Inc.
Where the notices landed
- Ventura County3 notices, 304 workers
- Los Angeles County1 notice, 43 workers
- Santa Clara County1 notice, 19 workers
- Westlake Village2 notices, 249 workers
- Thousand Oaks1 notice, 55 workers
- Los Angeles1 notice, 43 workers
- Gilroy1 notice, 19 workers
Local pages: Thousand Oaks employment lawyer, Los Angeles employment lawyer, Ventura County employment law guide, Los Angeles 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.
3 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 Guitar Center, 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 2024-2025. 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.