california_warn_expanded_2020-03-16: 934

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
934	Memorial Health Services	['2801 Atlantic Ave.', ' Long Beach', ', CA', ' 90806']	Long Beach	422	3/28/17	No	California Nurses Association225 West Broadway, Suite 500Glendale, CA, 91204United Steelworkers Union, Local 28012669 Myrtle Ave, #111Signal Hill, CA, 90755	City of Long Beach, Pac Gateway Innovation Network	1/27/17	Layoff	Employer did not State	No	{'Abstractor I': 2, 'Accounting Clerk, Sr': 1, 'Administrative Assistant I': 1, 'Administrative Secretary': 3, 'Administrative Specialist': 2, 'Applications Specialist Ill': 1, 'Care Associate': 61, 'Certified Occup TherapyAsst II': 1, 'Chief Technologist (EKG)': 2, 'Child Life Specialist': 13, 'Clerk': 3, 'Clerk, Sr': 2, 'Clinical Pharmacist': 4, 'Construction Project Manager': 1, 'Coord, Client Services': 1, 'Coord, Foundation': 1, 'Coord, Management System': 1, 'Coord, Medical Staff': 5, 'Coord, Office': 1, 'Coord, Transition Program (GF)': 1, 'Coord,Community/EmplRelations': 1, 'Coord,HH Attend Care/Lifeline': 1, 'Coord,Palliative Care Program': 1, 'Coordinator, Occ Med': 1, 'Data Coord II': 4, 'Dir, Facilities': 1, 'Dir, Human Resources Ops': 1, 'Dir, Safety': 1, 'Dir. Finance & Accts Payable': 1, 'Director, Information Services': 1, 'Educator, Resource Management': 1, 'Exec Assistant I': 4, 'Exec Dir, Support Services': 1, 'Executive Assistant': 1, 'Financial Counselor, Patient': 3, 'FOA Team Leader': 4, 'Front Office Assistant': 1, 'Front Office Assistant (Eve)': 1, 'General Maintenance, A/B': 1, 'Health Coach': 4, 'House Supervisor': 4, 'Insurance Bill Clerk': 1, 'Interpreter': 7, 'Lead, Pharmacist': 1, 'LVN': 2, 'Manager, Human Resources': 1, 'Manager, Information Services': 1, 'Medical Assist (Ltd Rad Lie)': 4, 'Medical Staff Credntialg Coor': 1, 'Mgr, Central Supply': 1, None: None}