Fiscal year 2018-2019 in numbers
Between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019, California employers filed 831 WARN notices covering 72,578 workers. 440 were closures and 31 were marked temporary. Against 2017-2018 that is an increase of 23% in workers affected. The heaviest month was October 2018 with 9,518 workers in 106 notices.
Biggest layoffs of 2018-2019
Month by month
| Month received | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | 48 | 4,855 |
| August 2018 | 61 | 6,550 |
| September 2018 | 33 | 2,829 |
| October 2018 | 106 | 9,518 |
| November 2018 | 58 | 5,961 |
| December 2018 | 57 | 6,519 |
| January 2019 | 58 | 6,599 |
| February 2019 | 82 | 5,337 |
| March 2019 | 77 | 5,657 |
| April 2019 | 93 | 7,302 |
| May 2019 | 100 | 5,991 |
| June 2019 | 58 | 5,460 |
By county
- Los Angeles212 notices, 16,339 workers
- Santa Clara102 notices, 9,463 workers
- Alameda51 notices, 6,389 workers
- Orange69 notices, 5,366 workers
- San Diego51 notices, 5,194 workers
- San Francisco45 notices, 3,605 workers
- Riverside34 notices, 3,168 workers
- San Bernardino41 notices, 2,962 workers
- Kern18 notices, 2,270 workers
- San Mateo29 notices, 2,096 workers
- San Joaquin19 notices, 1,760 workers
- Ventura20 notices, 1,590 workers
- Butte6 notices, 1,530 workers
- Contra Costa20 notices, 1,469 workers
- Sacramento22 notices, 1,459 workers
- Stanislaus12 notices, 1,133 workers
- Placer10 notices, 963 workers
- Tulare7 notices, 883 workers
- Fresno10 notices, 835 workers
- Solano7 notices, 797 workers
- Monterey2 notices, 721 workers
- Santa Barbara6 notices, 527 workers
- Nevada2 notices, 521 workers
- Santa Cruz3 notices, 309 workers
- Sonoma7 notices, 270 workers
- San Benito1 notices, 156 workers
- Marin2 notices, 131 workers
- Imperial3 notices, 111 workers
- Glenn1 notices, 85 workers
- Kings1 notices, 83 workers
- San Luis Obispo4 notices, 80 workers
- El Dorado2 notices, 74 workers
- Shasta4 notices, 70 workers
- Merced2 notices, 59 workers
- Napa2 notices, 43 workers
- Yolo2 notices, 36 workers
- Mendocino1 notices, 30 workers
- Tuolumne1 notices, 1 workers
All notices, newest first
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| Employer | County | Notice date | Effective | Workers | Type | Days notice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verity Health System of California, Inc. | Santa Clara | Jan 18, 2019 | Mar 19, 2019 | 32 | Layoff, permanent | 60 |
| Adventist Health Simi Valley | Ventura | Jan 29, 2019 | Mar 23, 2019 | 23 | Layoff, permanent | 53 under 60 |
| Wesco Aircraft Hardware Corp. | Los Angeles | Jan 30, 2019 | Mar 31, 2019 | 217 | Closure, type not stated | 60 |
| Kern Radiology Imaging Systems, Inc. | Kern | Jan 31, 2019 | Apr 1, 2019 | 173 | Layoff, type not stated | 60 |
| Verity Medical Foundation | Orange | Jan 18, 2019 | Mar 19, 2019 | 51 | Layoff, permanent | 60 |
| Verity Medical Foundation | San Mateo | Jan 25, 2019 | Mar 31, 2019 | 36 | Layoff, permanent | 65 |
| Verity Medical Foundation | San Francisco | Jan 25, 2019 | Mar 31, 2019 | 6 | Layoff, permanent | 65 |
| Verity Medical Foundation | Riverside | Jan 18, 2019 | Mar 19, 2019 | 4 | Layoff, permanent | 60 |
| Verity Medical Foundation | Santa Clara | Jan 25, 2019 | Mar 31, 2019 | 4 | Layoff, permanent | 65 |
| Cardinal Aluminum Company, dba Designer | Los Angeles | Jan 30, 2019 | Mar 31, 2019 | 4 | Closure, permanent | 60 |
| Verity Medical Foundation | Santa Clara | Jan 25, 2019 | Mar 31, 2019 | 200 | Closure, permanent | 65 |
| Jacobs Technology Inc. | Kern | Jan 25, 2019 | Mar 25, 2019 | 134 | Layoff, permanent | 59 under 60 |
| XPO Logistics Worldwide, Inc. | San Bernardino | Jan 24, 2019 | Mar 18, 2019 | 126 | Closure, permanent | 53 under 60 |
| VMware, Inc. | Santa Clara | Jan 29, 2019 | Apr 5, 2019 | 126 | Layoff, permanent | 66 |
| BuzzFeed, Inc. | Los Angeles | Jan 29, 2019 | Mar 31, 2019 | 76 | Layoff, permanent | 61 |
| Collins Aerospace | San Diego | Jan 28, 2019 | Mar 29, 2019 | 66 | Layoff, type not stated | 60 |
| Smartrise Engineering | Sacramento | Jan 28, 2019 | Apr 1, 2019 | 31 | Closure, permanent | 63 |
| GAT Airline Ground Support Inc. | San Francisco | Jan 29, 2019 | Mar 28, 2019 | 15 | Layoff, permanent | 58 under 60 |
| BuzzFeed, Inc. | San Francisco | Jan 29, 2019 | Mar 31, 2019 | 3 | Layoff, permanent | 61 |
| Invuity, Inc. | San Francisco | Nov 1, 2018 | Oct 24, 2018 | 81 | Layoff, permanent | 8 days after effective date |
| AT&T | Los Angeles | Jan 25, 2019 | Mar 29, 2019 | 70 | Layoff, permanent | 63 |
| Genentech, Inc. and Genentech USA, Inc. | San Mateo | Jan 24, 2019 | Mar 29, 2019 | 67 | Layoff, permanent | 64 |
| Wells Fargo | San Francisco | Jan 24, 2019 | Mar 22, 2019 | 56 | Layoff, type not stated | 57 under 60 |
| Symantec Corporation | Santa Clara | Jan 24, 2019 | Feb 6, 2019 | 13 | Layoff, permanent | 13 under 60 |
| AT&T | Los Angeles | Jan 24, 2019 | Mar 26, 2019 | 5 | Layoff, permanent | 61 |
| AT&T | Contra Costa | Jan 24, 2019 | Mar 26, 2019 | 3 | Layoff, permanent | 61 |
| Symantec Corporation | San Francisco | Jan 24, 2019 | Feb 15, 2019 | 1 | Layoff, permanent | 22 under 60 |
| Corelle Brands LLC | Riverside | Jan 24, 2019 | Aug 31, 2019 | 204 | Closure, permanent | 219 |
| Macy's Inc | Santa Clara | Jan 18, 2019 | Mar 20, 2019 | 86 | Closure, permanent | 61 |
| Oath Inc. | Santa Clara | Jan 24, 2019 | Mar 25, 2019 | 67 | Layoff, permanent | 60 |
| Sears Holdings Management Corporation | San Francisco | Jan 17, 2019 | Mar 18, 2019 | 44 | Layoff, permanent | 60 |
| Oath Inc. | San Francisco | Jan 24, 2019 | Mar 25, 2019 | 36 | Layoff, permanent | 60 |
| Verity Health System of California, Inc. | Santa Clara | Jan 18, 2019 | Mar 19, 2019 | 20 | Layoff, permanent | 60 |
| Oath Inc. | San Francisco | Jan 24, 2019 | Mar 25, 2019 | 4 | Layoff, permanent | 60 |
| Adventist Health Feather River | Butte | Jan 8, 2019 | Feb 5, 2019 | 1,331 | Closure, temporary | 28 under 60 |
| Gymboree Group, Inc. | San Francisco | Jan 17, 2019 | Jan 18, 2019 | 355 | Layoff, permanent | 1 under 60 |
| Cengage Learning, Inc. | San Francisco | Jan 23, 2019 | Mar 29, 2019 | 182 | Closure, permanent | 65 |
| Carlisle Interconnect Technologies | Los Angeles | Jan 15, 2019 | Oct 15, 2019 | 255 | Closure, permanent | 273 |
| Carlisle Interconnect Technologies | Riverside | Jan 15, 2019 | Oct 15, 2019 | 83 | Closure, permanent | 273 |
| TrueCar, Inc. | Los Angeles | Jan 18, 2019 | Mar 22, 2019 | 34 | Layoff, permanent | 63 |
| TrueCar, Inc. | San Francisco | Jan 18, 2019 | Mar 22, 2019 | 1 | Layoff, permanent | 63 |
| Schneider Logistics Transloading And | Riverside | Jan 21, 2019 | Mar 31, 2019 | 461 | Layoff, permanent | 69 |
| Schneider Logistics Transloading And | San Bernardino | Jan 21, 2019 | Mar 31, 2019 | 51 | Layoff, permanent | 69 |
| Cerner Corporation | Butte | Jan 18, 2019 | Mar 17, 2019 | 42 | Layoff, permanent | 58 under 60 |
| Wag Labs, Inc. | Los Angeles | Jan 8, 2019 | Mar 9, 2019 | 38 | Closure, permanent | 60 |
| Tokyo Table Holdings, LLC | Los Angeles | Jan 11, 2019 | Mar 12, 2019 | 33 | Closure, permanent | 60 |
| Machinima NU, LLC | Los Angeles | Jan 15, 2019 | Mar 16, 2019 | 29 | Closure, permanent | 60 |
| Chariot Transit Inc. | San Francisco | Jan 10, 2019 | Mar 15, 2019 | 383 | Closure, permanent | 64 |
| Sodexo, Inc. | Los Angeles | Jan 18, 2019 | Mar 31, 2019 | 59 | Closure, permanent | 72 |
| Machinima, Inc. | Los Angeles | Jan 15, 2019 | Mar 16, 2019 | 52 | Layoff, permanent | 60 |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. | Santa Clara | Jan 18, 2019 | Mar 19, 2019 | 20 | Closure, permanent | 60 |
| Weatherby Inc. Legal Office | Shasta | Jan 16, 2019 | Mar 30, 2019 | 1 | Closure, permanent | 73 |
| Wells Fargo | Orange | Jun 21, 2018 | Aug 19, 2018 | 198 | Closure, type not stated | 59 under 60 |
| TIDI Products, LLC | Los Angeles | Jan 14, 2019 | Mar 30, 2019 | 55 | Closure, permanent | 75 |
| Seeo, Inc. | Alameda | Jan 14, 2019 | Mar 15, 2019 | 45 | Closure, permanent | 60 |
| Owens Corning Insulating Systems, LLC | Santa Clara | Jan 16, 2019 | Mar 17, 2019 | 60 | Layoff, permanent | 60 |
| Kmart Corporation | Los Angeles | Dec 27, 2018 | Mar 24, 2019 | 89 | Closure, permanent | 87 |
| Kmart Corporation | San Joaquin | Dec 27, 2018 | Mar 24, 2019 | 77 | Closure, permanent | 87 |
| Space Exploration Technologies, Corp. | Los Angeles | Jan 11, 2019 | Mar 12, 2019 | 577 | Layoff, permanent | 60 |
| Best Buy | San Diego | Jan 11, 2019 | Mar 13, 2019 | 74 | Closure, permanent | 61 |
| McCain Foods, Inc. | San Bernardino | Jan 1, 2019 | Mar 14, 2019 | 100 | Closure, permanent | 72 |
| BlackRock, Inc. | San Francisco | Jan 10, 2019 | Mar 11, 2019 | 79 | Layoff, permanent | 60 |
| First American Title Insurance Company | Orange | Jan 10, 2019 | Mar 10, 2019 | 2 | Layoff, permanent | 59 under 60 |
| United Parcel Service General Services Co. | Tulare | Jan 9, 2019 | Mar 11, 2019 | 63 | Closure, permanent | 61 |
| Johanson Dielectrics, Inc. | Los Angeles | Mar 20, 2018 | May 25, 2018 | 153 | Layoff, permanent | 66 |
| Theravance Biopharma US, Inc. | San Mateo | Jan 7, 2019 | Mar 8, 2019 | 49 | Layoff, permanent | 60 |
| Theravance Biopharma US, Inc. | Los Angeles | Jan 7, 2019 | Mar 8, 2019 | 1 | Layoff, permanent | 60 |
| Finance of America Holdings LLC | Placer | Jan 3, 2019 | Jan 3, 2019 | 33 | Closure, permanent | 0 under 60 |
| Verity Health System of California, Inc. | Santa Clara | Dec 28, 2018 | Feb 28, 2019 | 1,326 | Layoff, permanent | 62 |
| Verity Health System of California, Inc. | Santa Clara | Dec 28, 2018 | Feb 28, 2019 | 493 | Layoff, permanent | 62 |
| Golden Shore Medical Group | Sacramento | Dec 28, 2018 | Feb 15, 2019 | 77 | Closure, permanent | 49 under 60 |
| Golden Shore Medical Group | San Bernardino | Dec 28, 2018 | Feb 15, 2019 | 75 | Closure, permanent | 49 under 60 |
| Golden Shore Medical Group | Los Angeles | Dec 28, 2018 | Feb 15, 2019 | 52 | Closure, permanent | 49 under 60 |
| Golden Shore Medical Group | Riverside | Dec 28, 2018 | Feb 15, 2019 | 41 | Closure, permanent | 49 under 60 |
| Golden Shore Medical Group | Los Angeles | Dec 28, 2018 | Feb 15, 2019 | 13 | Closure, permanent | 49 under 60 |
| Golden Shore Medical Group | Los Angeles | Dec 28, 2018 | Feb 15, 2019 | 8 | Closure, permanent | 49 under 60 |
| Account Control Technology, Inc. | Kern | Dec 27, 2018 | Feb 28, 2019 | 88 | Layoff, permanent | 63 |
| Alamillo Rebar Inc. | Solano | Dec 26, 2018 | Feb 28, 2019 | 74 | Closure, permanent | 64 |
| Ace Beverage LLC | Los Angeles | Dec 17, 2018 | Feb 15, 2019 | 50 | Layoff, permanent | 60 |
| CardioDx, Inc. | San Mateo | Dec 19, 2018 | Feb 20, 2019 | 110 | Layoff, permanent | 63 |
| Legendary Baking of California LLC | Orange | Dec 19, 2018 | Dec 28, 2018 | 75 | Layoff, permanent | 9 under 60 |
| Spectra Laboratories | Santa Clara | Dec 14, 2018 | Feb 28, 2019 | 46 | Layoff, permanent | 76 |
| Silver Lake Medical Center | Los Angeles | Dec 14, 2018 | Feb 12, 2019 | 573 | Layoff, permanent | 60 |
| Silver Lake Medical Center | Los Angeles | Dec 14, 2018 | Feb 12, 2019 | 254 | Layoff, permanent | 60 |
| OpenX Technologies, Inc. | Los Angeles | Dec 17, 2018 | Feb 18, 2019 | 124 | Layoff, permanent | 63 |
| Daybreak Game Company | San Diego | Dec 7, 2018 | Dec 7, 2018 | 25 | Layoff, permanent | 0 under 60 |
| TreeHouse Private Brands, Inc. | Tulare | Dec 17, 2018 | Feb 15, 2019 | 243 | Closure, permanent | 60 |
| Aisle | San Joaquin | Dec 4, 2018 | Feb 2, 2019 | 8 | Layoff, type not stated | 60 |
| Aisle | Alameda | Dec 4, 2018 | Feb 2, 2019 | 7 | Layoff, type not stated | 60 |
| Aisle | Stanislaus | Dec 4, 2018 | Feb 2, 2019 | 7 | Layoff, type not stated | 60 |
| Aisle | Yolo | Dec 4, 2018 | Feb 2, 2019 | 5 | Layoff, type not stated | 60 |
| Instacart | Los Angeles | Dec 13, 2018 | Feb 10, 2019 | 56 | Closure, permanent | 59 under 60 |
| Aisle | Sacramento | Dec 4, 2018 | Feb 2, 2019 | 28 | Layoff, type not stated | 60 |
| Aisle | El Dorado | Dec 4, 2018 | Feb 2, 2019 | 19 | Layoff, type not stated | 60 |
| Abercrombie & Fitch - HCo. | Los Angeles | Dec 7, 2018 | Jan 20, 2019 | 17 | Closure, permanent | 44 under 60 |
| Instacart | Santa Clara | Dec 13, 2018 | Feb 10, 2019 | 8 | Closure, permanent | 59 under 60 |
| TGI Fridays | Los Angeles | Dec 14, 2018 | Feb 17, 2019 | 46 | Closure, permanent | 65 |
| Atria Paradise | Butte | Dec 11, 2018 | Dec 21, 2018 | 67 | Closure, permanent | 10 under 60 |
| Bridgeview Bank Mortgage Company | Orange | Dec 4, 2018 | Nov 11, 2018 | 24 | Layoff, permanent | 23 days after effective date |
| Bridgeview Bank Mortgage Company | San Diego | Dec 4, 2018 | Nov 11, 2018 | 19 | Layoff, permanent | 23 days after effective date |
Source: California EDD WARN report for fiscal year 2018-2019. 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.