Alameda County Layoff Notices, Fiscal Year 2020-2021

Layoff notices in Alameda County at a glance

Alameda County employers have filed 948 WARN notices with the EDD since July 1, 2014, naming 76,149 workers. The most recent notice is dated Oct 25, 2026. 204 of the notices show fewer than 60 days between notice and effective date outside the 2020 COVID window; the 60-day rule explains what that gap can mean for the workers involved. Since the EDD began reporting industry in 2026, the sectors filing most here are Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation (212 workers), Accommodation and Food Services (181 workers), Manufacturing (171 workers).

Notices in fiscal year 2020-2021, newest first

78 notices, 7,149 workers. Show all years.

Largest layoffs in Alameda County since 2014

Alameda County by fiscal year

Cities in Alameda County with notices

• Fremont161 notices, 23,430 workers
• Oakland224 notices, 13,487 workers
• Livermore60 notices, 5,784 workers
• Pleasanton119 notices, 5,432 workers
• Hayward79 notices, 5,211 workers
• Newark47 notices, 5,135 workers
• Berkeley63 notices, 4,641 workers
• Emeryville59 notices, 4,250 workers
• San Leandro55 notices, 3,527 workers
• Alameda30 notices, 2,472 workers
• Union City22 notices, 2,033 workers
• Dublin26 notices, 968 workers
• San Lorenzo2 notices, 351 workers
• Castro Valley3 notices, 187 workers
• Albany3 notices, 133 workers
• Sunol1 notices, 16 workers
• Fremotn1 notices, 2 workers

Local help after a layoff in Alameda

A WARN notice is the start of a paper trail, not the end of your rights. Workers in Alameda bring WARN back-pay claims in the Superior Court of the county, and the agency routes for the questions that usually travel with a layoff are the same statewide: unpaid final wages and vacation payout go to the Labor Commissioner, discrimination in who was selected goes to the Civil Rights Department (three years to file) or the EEOC (300 days). Our Alameda employment law page covers the local courts, agencies and deadlines. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088.

Source: California EDD WARN reports, July 2014 to Oct 27, 2026. County and city are as stated on the notice; for 2014 to 2017 filings, where the EDD listed only a city, the county is assigned from that city. Back to the layoff tracker.