california_warn_expanded_2020-03-16: 2477

Big Local News is collecting and updating WARN (layoff/furlough) notices from state government sites and is processing the data to make it more useable. So far, we are collecting and updating daily or weekly data from 36 states. A federal law -- the WARN Act (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act) requires companies with more than 100 employees to give 60 days notice of any layoff, closure or furlough and 17 states have their own similar statutes. This data provides much more granularity into the types of jobs being lost and the companies that are furloughing workers, or that plan to close completely. A key note is that "unforeseen business circumstances" can mean that a company doesn't have to provide 60 days notice. For example, California has lifted that level of notice for its state version, or mini-WARN Act. Nonetheless, even though the advance time limit is flexible, companies still have to submit. Please cite the WARN data as collected by Big Local News. California data can be cited as collected and processed by Stanford journalism student Vanessa Ochavillo. This project includes a general README, a more specific README for California and a more specific file layout README that details the fields by state. Some states are missing but we are working to obtain the data or build scrapers. If you are interested in contributing, please let us know at biglocalnews@stanford.edu.

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rowid	name	address	city	num_employees_affected	layoff_date	union	union_rep_info	local_workforce_investment_area	date_notice_received	layoff_or_closure	severance	bumping_rights	jobs
2477	Bayer US LLC	['800 Dwight Way', ' Berkeley', ', CA', ' 94710']	Berkeley	227	12/3/18	Yes	ILWU, Local 699 Hegenberger RoadOakland, CA, 94621	Alameda County Workforce Development Board	10/4/18	Layoff	Yes	Yes	{'ASSOC MGR DIST & WHSE MATL MGMT': 1, 'ASSOC MGR MFG API FS': 3, 'ASSOC MGR MFG API FS PROD CLNG': 3, 'ASSOC MGR MFG API PFN': 3, 'ASSOC SPEC RAW MATL': 1, 'ASST': 1, 'BUYER PLANNER': 1, 'CAD SPEC': 1, 'DIR SUPPLIER MGMT': 1, 'DOC SPEC': 1, 'ENG FAC UTILITIES AND EQUIP': 2, 'ENG SYSTEMS AND UTILITES': 1, 'MAIL CLERK DRIVER': 1, 'MES SPEC': 1, 'MGR MFG API FS': 1, 'MGR POTENCY DAY': 1, 'MGR QA INSPECTION': 1, 'PLANNER SCHEDULER II': 1, 'PRIN ENG VAL TECH TRANSFER': 1, 'PRIN PROJ MGR MBV': 1, 'PRIN SPEC QUAL CTRL VALIDATION & STATIST': 1, 'PRINCIPAL ENG': 1, 'PRINCIPAL QA SPEC CONTAMINATION CTRL': 1, 'PROD SPEC II': 1, 'PROD SPEC Ill': 7, 'PROJ MGR QA': 2, 'QA CMC ANALYST Ill': 1, 'QA DOCUMENT COORD II': 2, 'QA SPEC DISCREPANCY MGMT': 1, 'QA SPEC PRODUCT RELEASE': 1, 'QA SR RELEASE SPEC': 1, 'QC ANALYST I': 1, 'QC ANALYST I IMPURITY': 1, 'QC ANALYST II': 1, 'QC ANALYST II CHEMISTRY': 2, 'QC ANALYST II IMPURITY ANALYSIS': 1, 'QC ANALYST II PROTEIN CHARACTERIZATION': 1, 'QC ANALYST II STABILITY': 1, 'QC ANALYST II STERILITY MICROBIO SUPP': 2, 'QC ANALYST Ill': 2, 'QC ANALYST Ill BIOBURDEN TESTING': 1, 'QC ANALYST Ill POTENCY': 1, 'QC ANALYST Ill PROTEIN CHARACTERIZATION': 1, 'QC ANALYST Ill STERILITY AND SUPP': 1, 'QC ANALYST Ill STERILITY MICROBIO SUPP': 1, 'QC SAMPLE COOR I': 1, 'QC SPEC STABILITY': 1, 'QC SPEC VIROLOGY': 1, 'SPEC CHEMISTRY': 1, 'SPEC EMO': 1, None: None}