Kern County Layoff Notices

Layoff notices in Kern County at a glance

Kern County employers have filed 289 WARN notices with the EDD since July 1, 2014, naming 26,080 workers. The most recent notice is dated Oct 19, 2026. 72 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 Manufacturing (1,742 workers), Transportation and Warehousing (63 workers), Mining Quarrying Oil and Gas Exraction (53 workers).

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289 notices, 26,080 workers, page 2 of 3. Filter by year in the table below.

Largest layoffs in Kern County since 2014

Kern County by fiscal year

Cities in Kern County with notices

• Bakersfield175 notices, 18,917 workers
• Edwards11 notices, 1,330 workers
• Taft8 notices, 1,067 workers
• Shafter8 notices, 1,060 workers
• Delano14 notices, 943 workers
• Tehachapi21 notices, 735 workers
• Arvin8 notices, 407 workers
• China Lake1 notices, 293 workers
• Mc Farland2 notices, 227 workers
• Mojave9 notices, 168 workers
• Wasco6 notices, 153 workers
• Boron3 notices, 137 workers
• Lebec3 notices, 119 workers
• Tupman4 notices, 115 workers
• Ridgecrest5 notices, 112 workers
• Mckittrick1 notices, 63 workers
• California City2 notices, 63 workers
• Lost Hills1 notices, 56 workers
• Edison1 notices, 53 workers
• Lake Isabella1 notices, 15 workers
• Lamont1 notices, 11 workers

Local help after a layoff in Kern

A WARN notice is the start of a paper trail, not the end of your rights. Workers in Kern 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 Kern 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.