california_warn_expanded_2020-03-16: 5219

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.

This data as json, copyable

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
5219	DNC Parks & Resorts at Yosemite, Inc.	['9001 Village Dr.', ' Yosemite National Park', ', CA', ' 95389']	Yosemite National Park	1718	2/29/16	Employer did not State	International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 3861225 13th StreetModesto, CA, 95354UNITEHERE Local 19302 Zanker Road2nd FloorSan Jose, CA, 95131	Mother Lode Job Training	12/28/15	Closure	Employer did not State	Employer did not State	{'Accountant': 1, 'Administrative Assistant': 14, 'Assistant Manager - Golf Shop': 1, 'Associate Information Analyst': 3, 'Asst Executive Housekeeper': 3, 'Asst Greenskeeper': 1, 'Asst Manager - Interpretive': 1, 'Asst Manager, Transportation': 1, 'Asst Mgr - Accounting': 3, 'Asst Mgr - Camp': 4, 'Asst Mgr - Dining Room': 1, 'Asst Mgr - Employee Services': 1, 'Asst Mgr - Employee Services II': 2, 'Asst Mgr - Environmental': 1, 'Asst Mgr - Food Service': 12, 'Asst Mgr - Front Office': 9, 'Asst Mgr - Guest Recreation': 6, 'Asst Mgr - Maintenance': 1, 'Asst Mgr - Reservations': 2, 'Asst Mgr - Retail': 59, 'Asst Mgr - Retail I': 1, 'Asst Mgr - Retail II': 4, 'Asst Mgr - Security II': 1, 'Asst Mgr, Projects': 1, 'Asst Supv-Housing': 2, 'Attendant': 16, 'Auditor': 21, 'Baker 1': 5, 'Bartender': 15, 'Bell Person': 8, 'Bicycle Mechanic': 2, 'Busperson': 58, 'Butcher': 1, 'Buyer I': 1, 'Buyer II': 3, 'Camp Helper': 37, 'Camp Host': 6, 'Captain': 4, 'Captain - G Scale': 1, 'Carpenter': 1, 'Cashier': 8, 'Certified Senior Mechanic-16Cer': 2, 'Certified Senior Mechanic-8Cer': 1, 'Certified TowTruckDriver-4Cert': 1, 'CertifiedLdTowTruckDriver-16Cert': 1, 'CertifiedSeniorMechanic-12Cert': 1, 'CertifiedSrMechanicForema-4Cer': 1, 'CertifiedSrMechanicForema-8Cer': 1, 'Chief Operating Officer': 1, 'Class A Driver': 2, None: None}