Ventura County Layoff Notices

Layoff notices in Ventura County at a glance

Ventura County employers have filed 440 WARN notices with the EDD since July 1, 2014, naming 30,627 workers. The most recent notice is dated Oct 6, 2026. 97 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 Accommodation and Food Services (221 workers), Manufacturing (147 workers), Healthcare and Social Assistance (108 workers).

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440 notices, 30,627 workers, page 4 of 5. Filter by year in the table below.

Largest layoffs in Ventura County since 2014

Ventura County by fiscal year

Cities in Ventura County with notices

• Oxnard104 notices, 7,712 workers
• Thousand Oaks86 notices, 6,639 workers
• Ventura65 notices, 3,766 workers
• Ojai6 notices, 3,155 workers
• Camarillo54 notices, 2,755 workers
• Simi Valley49 notices, 2,311 workers
• Newbury Park17 notices, 2,195 workers
• Westlake Village32 notices, 1,404 workers
• Moorpark14 notices, 473 workers
• Santa Paula3 notices, 95 workers
• Somis1 notices, 74 workers
• Fillmore2 notices, 21 workers
• Oak View1 notices, 20 workers
• Point Mugu Nawc3 notices, 7 workers
• Port Hueneme2 notices, 4 workers

Local help after a layoff in Ventura

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