Hundreds Lose Jobs in Latest Wave of California Layoffs

California Braces for Impact as Major Employers Announce Significant Layoffs

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More businesses have filed mass layoff notices in California over the last week.

The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act mandates that employers give 60 days' notice to employees and local government officials ahead of plant closures and mass layoffs. This federal law is intended to give workers time to seek alternative employment or retraining opportunities. Over the past few days, the following WARN notices have been lodged with the California Employment Development Department.

These include:

• Cisco laying off 53 staff in San Jose on October 18
• On October 8, Genentech will let go of 93 staff in San Francisco
• Mama's Ladera Ranch is permanently closing, and all staff will lose their jobs in October.
• Menzies Aviation is letting go 91 staff in Los Angeles on October 31
• AT&T is terminating 20 employees in San Ramon
• Fermented Sciences will cut 50 staff in Ventura
• Bright Innovations Lab is closing a facility in Santa Clarita in October, leading to mass layoffs.

August layoffs

Below are the businesses that have lodged WARN notices with the California Employment Development Department in August.

• Hybrid Apparel is closing a location in Huntington Beach, resulting in layoffs on October 4.
• Paramount Global is laying off 288 employees in Los Angeles on October 12. Paramount, the parent company of CBS, Nickelodeon and MTV, is beginning a series of job cuts that would cut staff by roughly 15 percent in the United States.
• ITC Federal also announced layoffs. They will be cutting 31 staff in Laguna Niguel on October 18.
• Fastly is laying off 52 staff in San Francisco
• Adventist Health is cutting staff in Simi Valley
• Pitney Bowes is laying off 348 staff across two facilities in Stockton and Bloomington
• Texas Scenic Company is laying off 23 staff in the City of Industry
• Vytalogy Wellness is laying off 33 staff in Santa Ana.
• Vir Biotechnology is laying off 141 staff in San Francisco.
• Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services is laying off 127 staff in San Diego on September 30.
• Illumina is laying off 49 staff in San Diego on October 1.
• Fibro Gen is laying off 127 staff in San Francisco.
• Velo 3D is laying off 42 staff in Fremont
• Mosaic Culver is laying off staff in Culver City.

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