Fiscal year 2015-2016 in numbers
Between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016, California employers filed 723 WARN notices covering 69,361 workers. 305 were closures and 31 were marked temporary. Against 2014-2015 that is an increase of 13% in workers affected. The heaviest month was July 2015 with 8,574 workers in 63 notices.
Biggest layoffs of 2015-2016
| Employer | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Toyota Motor North America | 2 | 3,100 |
| Gerawan Farming, Inc. | 1 | 2,551 |
| DNC Parks & Resorts at Yosemite, Inc. | 1 | 1,718 |
| Walmart | 9 | 1,652 |
| Boeing Company | 47 | 1,640 |
| Qualcomm Incorporated | 4 | 1,476 |
| Freedom Communications, Inc. | 1 | 969 |
| PCM, Inc. | 1 | 968 |
| Fresh & Easy, LLC | 2 | 912 |
| Kohl's Department Stores, Inc. | 10 | 899 |
| BAE SYSTEMS | 13 | 883 |
| Broadcom and Avago | 3 | 869 |
| Hyatt Regency Century Plaza | 1 | 796 |
| Sheraton Operating Corporation | 2 | 734 |
| Adecco USA, Inc. | 1 | 730 |
| USS-POSCO Industries | 1 | 661 |
| El Dorado Berry Farms, LLC | 1 | 654 |
| Haggen, Inc. | 7 | 620 |
| Chevron | 3 | 598 |
| Intel Corporation | 2 | 565 |
| Mandalay Berry Farms, Inc. | 1 | 565 |
| CST California Stations, Inc. | 22 | 556 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 5 | 544 |
| eBay Inc. | 1 | 538 |
| Abbott Vascular | 4 | 535 |
Month by month
| Month received | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | 63 | 8,574 |
| August 2015 | 56 | 5,890 |
| September 2015 | 48 | 4,864 |
| October 2015 | 67 | 6,102 |
| November 2015 | 39 | 2,940 |
| December 2015 | 62 | 8,552 |
| January 2016 | 74 | 6,617 |
| February 2016 | 80 | 6,799 |
| March 2016 | 46 | 3,860 |
| April 2016 | 62 | 5,210 |
| May 2016 | 84 | 5,067 |
| June 2016 | 42 | 4,886 |
By county
- Los Angeles174 notices, 16,509 workers
- Orange77 notices, 8,118 workers
- Santa Clara84 notices, 7,522 workers
- San Diego56 notices, 5,056 workers
- San Bernardino40 notices, 4,344 workers
- San Francisco47 notices, 3,474 workers
- Alameda48 notices, 3,402 workers
- Fresno7 notices, 2,962 workers
- Riverside23 notices, 1,973 workers
- Ventura19 notices, 1,734 workers
- Mariposa1 notices, 1,718 workers
- Contra Costa12 notices, 1,679 workers
- Sacramento17 notices, 1,531 workers
- Santa Barbara13 notices, 1,458 workers
- San Mateo16 notices, 1,331 workers
- Kern17 notices, 1,168 workers
- San Joaquin7 notices, 728 workers
- Monterey8 notices, 699 workers
- Napa4 notices, 505 workers
- Solano4 notices, 465 workers
- Sonoma6 notices, 441 workers
- Stanislaus7 notices, 392 workers
- Madera7 notices, 355 workers
- San Luis Obispo6 notices, 262 workers
- Marin5 notices, 254 workers
- Nevada1 notices, 253 workers
- Tulare3 notices, 207 workers
- El Dorado2 notices, 202 workers
- Butte2 notices, 131 workers
- Humboldt1 notices, 125 workers
- Merced2 notices, 122 workers
- Kings2 notices, 92 workers
- Sutter1 notices, 56 workers
- Santa Cruz1 notices, 48 workers
- Imperial1 notices, 29 workers
- Shasta1 notices, 10 workers
- Tuolumne1 notices, 6 workers
All notices, newest first
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| Employer | County | Notice date | Effective | Workers | Type | Days notice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing Company | Los Angeles | Aug 28, 2015 | Oct 30, 2015 | 106 | Layoff, type not stated | 63 |
| Kor Hotel Management, LLC dba Viceroy | San Francisco | Aug 28, 2015 | Nov 1, 2015 | 47 | Closure, temporary | 65 |
| Boeing Company | Orange | Aug 28, 2015 | Oct 30, 2015 | 6 | Layoff, type not stated | 63 |
| Boeing Company | Los Angeles | Aug 28, 2015 | Oct 30, 2015 | 2 | Layoff, type not stated | 63 |
| San Jose Airport Garden Hotel | Santa Clara | Aug 25, 2015 | Nov 7, 2015 | 123 | Closure, permanent | 74 |
| Safeway Inc. | Alameda | Aug 31, 2015 | Oct 30, 2015 | 5 | Layoff, type not stated | 60 |
| Sheraton Operating Corporation | Riverside | Aug 27, 2015 | Oct 30, 2015 | 124 | Layoff, permanent | 64 |
| Intuit Inc. | Los Angeles | Aug 25, 2015 | Oct 26, 2015 | 46 | Layoff, permanent | 62 |
| Intuit Inc. | Santa Clara | Aug 25, 2015 | Oct 26, 2015 | 45 | Layoff, permanent | 62 |
| Intuit Inc. | San Diego | Aug 25, 2015 | Oct 26, 2015 | 9 | Layoff, permanent | 62 |
| Intuit Inc. | San Mateo | Aug 25, 2015 | Oct 26, 2015 | 8 | Layoff, permanent | 62 |
| Intuit Inc. | San Francisco | Aug 25, 2015 | Oct 26, 2015 | 2 | Layoff, permanent | 62 |
| VT West, Inc. | Los Angeles | Aug 27, 2015 | Aug 31, 2015 | 68 | Layoff, permanent | 4 under 60 |
| The Patina Group NewCo, LLC | Los Angeles | Aug 25, 2015 | Oct 24, 2015 | 317 | Layoff, type not stated | 60 |
| Mesa Beverage Co., Inc. | Sonoma | Aug 24, 2015 | Oct 31, 2015 | 137 | Layoff, permanent | 68 |
| Boeing Company | Los Angeles | Aug 21, 2015 | Oct 23, 2015 | 113 | Layoff, type not stated | 63 |
| Boeing Company | Los Angeles | Aug 21, 2015 | Oct 23, 2015 | 39 | Layoff, type not stated | 63 |
| Boeing Company | Orange | Aug 21, 2015 | Oct 23, 2015 | 26 | Layoff, type not stated | 63 |
| Silgan Containers | Stanislaus | Aug 20, 2015 | Oct 25, 2015 | 180 | Layoff, temporary | 66 |
| Soitec Solar Industries, LLC | San Diego | Aug 17, 2015 | Oct 16, 2015 | 100 | Closure, permanent | 60 |
| Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | Orange | Aug 21, 2015 | Oct 23, 2015 | 81 | Layoff, permanent | 63 |
| Safeway Inc. | Contra Costa | Aug 20, 2015 | Oct 19, 2015 | 63 | Closure, permanent | 60 |
| Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | Santa Clara | Aug 21, 2015 | Oct 23, 2015 | 56 | Layoff, permanent | 63 |
| XOMA (US) LLC | Alameda | Aug 20, 2015 | Oct 22, 2015 | 39 | Layoff, permanent | 63 |
| Zimmer Biomet Dental | San Diego | Aug 6, 2015 | Oct 30, 2015 | 279 | Closure, permanent | 85 |
| KND Development 53, L.L.C., d/b/a | Los Angeles | Aug 18, 2015 | Oct 18, 2015 | 94 | Closure, permanent | 61 |
| USS-POSCO Industries | Contra Costa | Aug 14, 2015 | Oct 27, 2015 | 661 | Layoff, temporary | 74 |
| Haggen, Inc. | San Diego | Aug 14, 2015 | Oct 13, 2015 | 231 | Closure, permanent | 60 |
| Ralphs Grocery Company | Orange | Aug 14, 2015 | Oct 25, 2015 | 75 | Layoff, permanent | 72 |
| Ralphs Grocery Company | Los Angeles | Aug 13, 2015 | Oct 16, 2015 | 74 | Layoff, permanent | 64 |
| Sky Aerospace Products | Los Angeles | Aug 12, 2015 | Oct 16, 2015 | 53 | Closure, permanent | 65 |
| Haggen, Inc. | Kern | Aug 14, 2015 | Oct 13, 2015 | 36 | Closure, permanent | 60 |
| Haggen, Inc. | San Luis Obispo | Aug 14, 2015 | Oct 13, 2015 | 24 | Closure, permanent | 60 |
| Haggen, Inc. | Orange | Aug 14, 2015 | Oct 13, 2015 | 157 | Closure, permanent | 60 |
| Haggen, Inc. | Ventura | Aug 14, 2015 | Oct 13, 2015 | 101 | Closure, permanent | 60 |
| Haggen, Inc. | Ventura | Aug 14, 2015 | Oct 13, 2015 | 38 | Closure, permanent | 60 |
| Haggen, Inc. | Los Angeles | Aug 14, 2015 | Oct 13, 2015 | 33 | Closure, permanent | 60 |
| Raytheon Intelligence, Information & | San Diego | Aug 14, 2015 | Oct 14, 2015 | 41 | Closure, type not stated | 61 |
| Chevron | Contra Costa | Aug 12, 2015 | Oct 12, 2015 | 430 | Layoff, permanent | 61 |
| Motorola Mobility LLC | Santa Clara | Aug 13, 2015 | Oct 23, 2015 | 213 | Layoff, permanent | 71 |
| Quest Diagnostics Incorporated | Santa Clara | Aug 12, 2015 | Oct 16, 2015 | 78 | Layoff, permanent | 65 |
| Lyris, Inc. | Alameda | Aug 5, 2015 | Sep 30, 2015 | 72 | Layoff, permanent | 56 under 60 |
| Chevron | Contra Costa | Aug 12, 2015 | Oct 12, 2015 | 70 | Layoff, permanent | 61 |
| Ralphs Grocery Company | Los Angeles | Aug 5, 2015 | Oct 9, 2015 | 67 | Layoff, permanent | 65 |
| Lyris, Inc. | Santa Clara | Aug 5, 2015 | Sep 30, 2015 | 7 | Layoff, permanent | 56 under 60 |
| BI NUTRACEUTICALS, INC. | Los Angeles | Aug 10, 2015 | Oct 15, 2015 | 54 | Layoff, permanent | 66 |
| CGR/Thompson Industries, Inc. | Orange | Aug 4, 2015 | Oct 5, 2015 | 102 | Closure, permanent | 62 |
| Safeway Inc. | Alameda | Aug 10, 2015 | Oct 9, 2015 | 37 | Layoff, type not stated | 60 |
| Boeing Company | Los Angeles | Jul 31, 2015 | Oct 2, 2015 | 8 | Layoff, type not stated | 63 |
| Anna's Linens, Inc. | Orange | Aug 4, 2015 | Sep 11, 2015 | 29 | Closure, permanent | 38 under 60 |
| Abbott Vascular | Riverside | Jul 30, 2015 | Jul 30, 2015 | 163 | Layoff, permanent | 0 under 60 |
| Abbott Vascular | Santa Clara | Jul 30, 2015 | Jul 30, 2015 | 81 | Layoff, permanent | 0 under 60 |
| Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. | Alameda | Aug 3, 2015 | Oct 5, 2015 | 202 | Closure, permanent | 63 |
| Hilton San Francisco Union Square | San Francisco | Jul 27, 2015 | Oct 23, 2015 | 78 | Layoff, permanent | 88 |
| Molycorp Minerals LLC | San Bernardino | Jul 29, 2015 | Aug 3, 2015 | 474 | Layoff, permanent | 5 under 60 |
| Ruan Transportation Corporation | San Joaquin | Jul 20, 2015 | Sep 30, 2015 | 78 | Closure, permanent | 72 |
| Binder & Binder | Orange | Jul 30, 2015 | Sep 30, 2015 | 70 | Closure, permanent | 62 |
| Armstrong Growers | Orange | Jul 27, 2015 | Sep 30, 2015 | 56 | Closure, permanent | 65 |
| Driscoll's Strawberry Associates, Inc. | Monterey | Jul 31, 2015 | Sep 30, 2015 | 38 | Closure, permanent | 61 |
| CR Briggs Corporation | San Bernardino | Jul 28, 2015 | Sep 28, 2015 | 5 | Layoff, permanent | 62 |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | Alameda | Jul 31, 2015 | Oct 2, 2015 | 284 | Closure, permanent | 63 |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | Santa Clara | Jul 31, 2015 | Oct 2, 2015 | 171 | Closure, permanent | 63 |
| Kixeye, Inc. | San Francisco | Jul 28, 2015 | Sep 26, 2015 | 62 | Layoff, permanent | 60 |
| Turf Terminators, LLC | Los Angeles | Jul 23, 2015 | Jul 31, 2015 | 94 | Layoff, permanent | 8 under 60 |
| Relativity Media | Los Angeles | Jul 29, 2015 | Jul 28, 2015 | 61 | Layoff, permanent | 1 days after effective date |
| United Technologies Corporation | San Diego | Jul 30, 2015 | Sep 30, 2015 | 21 | Closure, permanent | 62 |
| Hank Fisher Properties, Inc. | Sacramento | Jul 27, 2015 | Sep 30, 2015 | 242 | Layoff, permanent | 65 |
| SPS Distribution Center | San Luis Obispo | Jul 29, 2015 | Sep 30, 2015 | 8 | Closure, permanent | 63 |
| Kmart Corporation | Merced | Jul 10, 2015 | Oct 11, 2015 | 74 | Closure, permanent | 93 |
| Safeway Inc. | Alameda | Jul 27, 2015 | Sep 25, 2015 | 37 | Layoff, type not stated | 60 |
| Associate Management Resources, Inc. | San Diego | Jul 14, 2015 | Sep 14, 2015 | 533 | Closure, permanent | 62 |
| Sears Holdings Corporation | Santa Clara | Jul 10, 2015 | Oct 4, 2015 | 81 | Closure, permanent | 86 |
| Sears Holdings Corporation | Santa Clara | Jul 10, 2015 | Oct 4, 2015 | 17 | Closure, permanent | 86 |
| Presse LLC dba Cafe de la Presse and | San Francisco | Jul 21, 2015 | Sep 15, 2015 | 85 | Closure, temporary | 56 under 60 |
| IAP Worldwide Services, Inc. | Santa Clara | Jul 20, 2015 | Sep 30, 2015 | 67 | Layoff, permanent | 72 |
| Toyota Motor North America | Los Angeles | Jul 20, 2015 | Dec 31, 2017 | 3,000 | Closure, permanent | 895 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | Santa Clara | Jul 21, 2015 | Jul 22, 2015 | 192 | Layoff, permanent | 1 under 60 |
| Oakley, Inc. | Orange | Jul 15, 2015 | Sep 15, 2015 | 159 | Layoff, type not stated | 62 |
| Toyota Motor North America | Los Angeles | Jul 20, 2015 | Dec 31, 2017 | 100 | Closure, permanent | 895 |
| Oakley, Inc. | San Diego | Jul 15, 2015 | Sep 15, 2015 | 8 | Layoff, type not stated | 62 |
| Minno, Inc. | San Francisco | Jul 20, 2015 | Sep 18, 2015 | 255 | Closure, permanent | 60 |
| DS Services of America, Inc. | Los Angeles | Jul 17, 2015 | Sep 26, 2015 | 200 | Closure, permanent | 71 |
| DS Services of America, Inc. | Los Angeles | Jul 17, 2015 | Sep 26, 2015 | 120 | Closure, permanent | 71 |
| Boeing Company | Los Angeles | Jul 17, 2015 | Sep 18, 2015 | 113 | Layoff, type not stated | 63 |
| Boeing Company | Los Angeles | Jul 17, 2015 | Sep 18, 2015 | 66 | Layoff, type not stated | 63 |
| Boeing Company | Orange | Jul 17, 2015 | Sep 18, 2015 | 65 | Layoff, type not stated | 63 |
| American Management Services LLC | Monterey | Jul 17, 2015 | Jul 13, 2015 | 56 | Closure, permanent | 4 days after effective date |
| Safeway Inc. | Alameda | Jul 20, 2015 | Sep 18, 2015 | 14 | Layoff, type not stated | 60 |
| Maxim Integrated Product | Santa Clara | Jul 17, 2015 | Sep 25, 2015 | 11 | Layoff, permanent | 70 |
| Actavis, Inc. | Riverside | Jul 14, 2015 | Sep 18, 2015 | 45 | Layoff, permanent | 66 |
| Southern California Edison Company | Los Angeles | Jul 8, 2015 | Sep 6, 2015 | 38 | Layoff, permanent | 60 |
| TaylorMade Golf Company | San Diego | Jul 15, 2015 | Jul 15, 2015 | 64 | Layoff, permanent | 0 under 60 |
| First Transit | San Bernardino | Jun 30, 2015 | Aug 31, 2015 | 127 | Layoff, permanent | 62 |
| First Transit | San Bernardino | Jun 30, 2015 | Aug 31, 2015 | 71 | Layoff, permanent | 62 |
| Main LLC | Butte | Jul 10, 2015 | Jul 14, 2015 | 44 | Layoff, permanent | 4 under 60 |
| Main LLC | San Mateo | Jul 10, 2015 | Jul 14, 2015 | 35 | Closure, permanent | 4 under 60 |
| ProCourier, Inc. | Los Angeles | Jul 6, 2015 | Sep 4, 2015 | 71 | Layoff, type not stated | 60 |
| Berkeley Pyramid Alehouse | Alameda | Jul 9, 2015 | Jul 22, 2015 | 63 | Closure, permanent | 13 under 60 |
| Aramark Healthcare Support Services | Los Angeles | Jun 25, 2015 | Oct 9, 2015 | 53 | Closure, permanent | 106 |
| Fireman's Fund Insurance Company | Marin | Jul 9, 2015 | Sep 14, 2015 | 35 | Layoff, permanent | 67 |
Source: California EDD WARN report for fiscal year 2015-2016. All years, layoff tracker home.
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.