California Layoffs
WARN Act layoff notices filed in California.
22,707 notices · 1,781,578 workers affected · data from Jan 2009 · Updated Jun 28, 2026
Source
Notices are regularly published by California's Employment Development DepartmentView official government source
Labor Resources
- Center for Workers' Rights — provides legal representation to low-wage workers, advocates for workers'rights, and promotes worker education and leadership in the greater Sacramento area
- CLEAN Carwash Worker Center — the first carwash worker center in the country, seeking to build worker power and leadership
- East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) — advances economic, racial, and social justice by building a just economy based on good jobs and healthy communities
- Garment Worker Center (GWC) — organizes low-wage garment workers in Los Angeles in the fight for social & economic justice
- Jobs with Justice San Francisco — a multiracial coalition fighting for secure jobs with a living wage, accessible healthcare, quality public education, livable climate, and worker rights everywhere
- Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance (KIWA) — builds power with immigrant workers and renters to bring about a more just and inclusive Los Angeles
- LAANE — an organizing and advocacy institution committed to economic, environmental, and racial justice
- Los Angeles Black Worker Center (LABWC) — seeks to increase access to quality jobs, reduce employment discrimination, and improve industries that employ Black workers
- Los Angeles Worker Center Network (LAWCN) — builds the power and capacity of local worker centers to organize and advocate for low-wage workers in the Greater Los Angeles region
- Pilipino Workers Center — aims to secure the dignity and safety of the Pilipinx community in Southern CA and build labor leaders in the domestic worker industry
- Santa Clara County Wage Theft Coalition — works to end wage theft, defend workers' rights, and enforce wage theft judgments
- UCLA Labor Center — collaborates with workers, students, faculty, and policymakers to address critical issues facing workers today
- Warehouse Worker Resource Center — builds worker power through education, advocacy, and collective action to improve conditions for workers in the Inland Region and Southern California
California WARN Law
Cal. Lab. Code §§ 1400-1408 (Cal-WARN)
Notice Required
60 days
Employer Threshold
75 employees
Event Trigger
50 workers (no 33% rule)
California's Cal-WARN Act strengthens federal protections significantly. It covers employers with as few as 75 employees (vs. the federal threshold of 100) and requires 60 days' notice for layoffs of 50 or more workers at a single site — removing the federal "33% of workforce" test entirely. There is no faltering-company exception, and the law applies to both mass layoffs and plant closures as well as relocations.
Key difference from federal WARN: Lower employer threshold (75 vs. 100); no "33% of workforce" trigger; no faltering-company exception.
Read full WARN law review by state →Companies Headquartered in California
AirbnbAlphabet Inc.Apple, Inc.Bionano GenomicsBitwise IndustriesBlock, Inc.CrunchbaseDine Brands GlobalDivvy HomesDoorDashDropboxDrybareBayFiskerFSC Edge CorpImmunityBioInstacartIntel CorporationJuul LabsLos Angeles TimesLucid GroupLyftMeta PlatformsNetflixPayPalPinterestQualcommRobinhood MarketsSalesforceSnap, Inc.Stitch FixThe Walt Disney CompanyUberWag!Wells FargoX Corp.Zendesk