california_warn_expanded_2020-03-16: 1615

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
1615 General Electric Company ['2623 Camino Ramon', '2700 Camino Ramon', 'San Ramon', ', CA', ' 94583'] San Ramon 120 5/22/18 No   Contra Costa County Workforce Development Board 3/21/18 Layoff Employer did not State No {'Chief Intellectual Property Counsel': 1, 'Devangelist - Industrial loT': 2, 'Digital Product Analytics & Support Manager': 1, 'Director - Program Management': 1, 'Director - Software Engineering': 1, 'Director - User Experience': 1, 'Director Investor Relations, GE Digital': 1, 'Director, Cyber Security': 1, 'Director, Employee & Culture Communications': 1, 'Director, Global Initiatives': 1, 'Executive Administrative Assistant': 3, 'FP&A Manager, Applications': 1, 'Market Strategy Manager': 1, 'Marketing Operations Sr manager, Technology and Data Management': 1, 'Partner Alliances Director': 1, 'Partner Alliances Sr Director': 1, 'Predix Senior Technical Instructor': 2, 'Principal Digital Product Manager': 2, 'Principal Software Architect': 1, 'Product Marketing Sr Manager': 1, 'Quality Assurance Engineering Specialist': 1, 'Risk Analyst': 1, 'Senior Contracts Manager': 1, 'Senior IP Counsel': 1, 'Senior Manager, Finance': 1, 'Software Engineer': 9, 'Software Engineering Specialist': 10, 'Sr Director - Digital Product Management': 1, 'Sr Manager - Program Management': 1, 'Sr Manager - Quality Assurance Engineering': 1, 'Sr Manager - Software Engineering': 1, 'Sr Manager - User Experience': 1, 'Sr Quality Assurance Engineer': 3, 'Sr Sales Enablement Program Manager': 1, 'Sr Software Engineer': 5, 'Sr Staff Cyber Security Architect': 1, 'Sr Staff Risk Advisor': 1, 'Sr Staff Software Engineer': 2, 'Sr Staff Technical Product Manager': 6, 'Sr Staff Technical Writer': 1, 'Sr Staff UX Design Researcher': 1, 'Sr Staff UX Interaction Designer': 1, 'Sr Staff UX Visual Designer': 2, 'Sr Technical Curriculum Developer': 1, 'Sr Technical Product Manager': 1, 'Sr UX Design Researcher': 1, 'Sr UX Design Technologist': 8, 'Sr UX Interaction Designer': 3, 'Sr UX Visual Designer': 1, 'Staff Quality Assurance Engineer': 3, None: None}