Year record, California WARN filings

California Layoff Notices, Fiscal Year 2026-2027

Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.Legal notes by Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.

July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027: 401 notices, 23,100 workers, 173 employers, as reported to the EDD.

Every WARN notice filed with the California EDD since July 2014: 17,562 notices, 8,284 employers, 1,453,182 workers.

Fiscal year 2026-2027 in numbers

Between July 1, 2026 and June 30, 2027 (year in progress, data through Oct 27, 2026), California employers filed 401 WARN notices covering 23,100 workers. 99 were closures and 25 were marked temporary. The heaviest month was October 2026 with 6,636 workers in 67 notices.

Biggest layoffs of 2026-2027

Month by month

Month receivedNoticesWorkers
July 2026804,429
August 20261085,557
September 20261466,478
October 2026676,636

By county

All notices, newest first

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WARN notices 2026-2027
EmployerCountyNotice dateEffectiveWorkersTypeDays notice
Kingdom Animalia, LLC (Hourglass Cosmetics)Los AngelesJul 1, 2026Sep 14, 20267Closure, permanent75

Source: California EDD WARN report for fiscal year 2026-2027. 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.

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