Sears, Roebuck and Co. layoff notices at a glance
Sears, Roebuck and Co. has filed 21 WARN notices with the California Employment Development Department between Jan 12, 2016 and Nov 8, 2018, naming 1,119 workers. 21 were closures and 0 were layoffs; 21 permanent, 0 temporary. The largest single notice named 110 workers in San Mateo County on Jan 12, 2016. Its latest notice, 66 workers in Santa Barbara County dated Nov 8, 2018, was 12.5% of the 527 workers named in all 6 Santa Barbara County notices of fiscal year 2018-2019. 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 8, 2018 | Jan 31, 2019 | Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara | 66 | Closure, permanent | 84 |
| Nov 8, 2018 | Jan 31, 2019 | Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara | 6 | Closure, permanent | 84 |
| Oct 15, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 | Kern | Bakersfield | 106 | Closure, permanent | 77 |
| Oct 15, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 | Orange | Costa Mesa | 106 | Closure, permanent | 77 |
| Oct 15, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 | Los Angeles | Cerritos | 101 | Closure, permanent | 77 |
| Oct 15, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 | Sacramento | Sacramento | 80 | Closure, permanent | 77 |
| Oct 15, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 | Los Angeles | Montebello | 79 | Closure, permanent | 77 |
| Oct 15, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 | Stanislaus | Modesto | 68 | Closure, permanent | 77 |
| Oct 15, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 | Imperial | El Centro | 57 | Closure, permanent | 77 |
| Oct 15, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 | Merced | Merced | 48 | Closure, permanent | 77 |
| Oct 15, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 | Orange | Costa Mesa | 19 | Closure, permanent | 77 |
| Oct 15, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 | Los Angeles | Cerritos | 19 | Closure, permanent | 77 |
| Oct 15, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 | Stanislaus | Modesto | 18 | Closure, permanent | 77 |
| Oct 15, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 | Merced | Merced | 11 | Closure, permanent | 77 |
| Oct 15, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 | Imperial | El Centro | 10 | Closure, permanent | 77 |
| Oct 15, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 | Sacramento | Sacramento | 5 | Closure, permanent | 77 |
| Jun 28, 2018 | Sep 30, 2018 | Alameda | Newark | 46 | Closure, permanent | 94 |
| Jun 28, 2018 | Sep 30, 2018 | Alameda | Newark | 8 | Closure, permanent | 94 |
| May 31, 2018 | Sep 2, 2018 | Los Angeles | City Of Industry | 51 | Closure, permanent | 94 |
| Apr 6, 2017 | Jul 2, 2017 | Los Angeles | Carson | 105 | Closure, permanent | 87 |
| Jan 12, 2016 | Apr 10, 2016 | San Mateo | San Mateo | 110 | Closure, permanent | 89 |
Where the notices landed
- Los Angeles County5 notices, 355 workers
- Orange County2 notices, 125 workers
- San Mateo County1 notice, 110 workers
- Kern County1 notice, 106 workers
- Stanislaus County2 notices, 86 workers
- Sacramento County2 notices, 85 workers
- Santa Barbara County2 notices, 72 workers
- Imperial County2 notices, 67 workers
- Merced County2 notices, 59 workers
- Alameda County2 notices, 54 workers
- Costa Mesa2 notices, 125 workers
- Cerritos2 notices, 120 workers
- San Mateo1 notice, 110 workers
- Bakersfield1 notice, 106 workers
- Carson1 notice, 105 workers
- Modesto2 notices, 86 workers
- Sacramento2 notices, 85 workers
- Montebello1 notice, 79 workers
- Santa Barbara2 notices, 72 workers
- El Centro2 notices, 67 workers
- Merced2 notices, 59 workers
- Newark2 notices, 54 workers
Local pages: Costa Mesa employment lawyer, San Mateo employment lawyer, Bakersfield employment lawyer, Los Angeles County employment law guide, Orange 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 Sears, Roebuck and Co. 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 Sears, Roebuck and Co.
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 2015-2016 to 2018-2019. 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.