Recent Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act Notices Presented to the Ventura County Board of Supervisors

Here is a compilation of Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act notices submitted to the Ventura County Board of Supervisors since the COVID-19 Stay Well at Home Order was issued on March 20th.

• Patagonia Works furloughed 14 employees at Great Pacific Iron Works, 46 employees at Great Pacific Child Development Center and 25 employees at the Patagonia facility in Ventura on April 25th.

• Lacoste is furloughing 11 employees at its Camarillo store effective April 19th until at least May 2nd.

• 434 employees were furloughed beginning April 12th at HomeGoods, TJ Maxx and Marshalls stores throughout Ventura County. Furloughs are anticipate to be temporary, up to 4 months.

• Employees of Silver Star Auto Group, including Acura of Thousand Oaks, Honda of Thousand Oaks, Mercedes-Benz of Thousand Oaks, Lexus of Thousand Oaks, JLR of Thousand Oaks, Silver Star Cadillac, Silver Star Buick GMC and Silver Star Chevrolet were furloughed on April 27th. 228 employees were impacted.

• Cinemark laid off 77 employees at Century RiverPark in Oxnard and 35 employees at Century 10 Downtown Ventura effective March 26th.

• Sysco Ventura laid off 55 employees and furloughed 4 employees. The furloughs began on April 8th and expected to last through July.

• 27 employees at the Guitar Center corporate office in Thousand Oaks were furloughed on April 6th.

• 6 employees subject to furlough at Visions Treatment Centers Thousand Oaks

• 36 employees were furloughed at Dick’s Sporting Goods Thousand Oaks on April 12th. the furloughs are intended to be temporary and last less than six months.

• 65 employees at United Road Services were laid off on April 15th. The layoffs are expected to be temporary.

• 49 employees were furloughed at Outback Steakhouse in Oxnard on March 18th The furlough is intended to be temporary.

• 11 employees were furloughed at the Torrid store in Ventura on April 6th.

• Southwestern & Pacific Specialty Finance is permanently laying off 5 employees at stores in Camarillo, Simi Valley and Ventura on April 21st.

• Sleep Number stores in Oxnard and Thousand Oaks to employees on April 9th.

• Temporary furloughs at Western Dental Services at 455 South C Street, Oxnard effective April 6th through May 15th (16 jobs), at 1200 Saviers Road, Oxnard (13 jobs), 1397 E. Los Angeles Ave, Suite F, Simi Valley (12 jobs) and 2750 E. Main Street, Ventura (12 jobs)

• Temporary furloughs at Ross Dress for Less stores at 255 W. Ventura Blvd, Camarillo (48 jobs), 2241 N. Rose Ave, Oxnard (50 jobs) and 4687 Telephone Road, Ventura (61 jobs), commencing April 5th.

• Temporary furloughs at Kohl’s stores throughout the state effective April 5th, including Moorpark (65 jobs), Simi Valley (90 jobs), Newbury Park (73 jobs), Ventura (100 jobs)

• Layoffs at Club Demonstration Services in Simi Valley (49 jobs) and Oxnard (48 jobs)

• Permanent closure of Maria’s Italian Kitchen at The Collection at RiverPark in Oxnard effective April 3rd. They indicate the closure was caused by COVID-19 related business circumstances. (37 jobs)

• Paul Martin’s indicates a temporary loss of 79 employees at its location at The Promenade at Westlake in Thousand Oaks.

• Furloughs at Tierra Sur restaurant in Oxnard effective April 1st affected 28 employees.

• Furloughs at Beta Beauty in Oxnard (4 jobs), ColourPop Cosmetics in Oxnard (9 jobs) and Spatz Labs in Oxnard (2 jobs).

• Furlough of 104 employees at Camp Amgen in Newbury Park (Amgen’s child care center).

• Furlough of employees at Burlington Coat Factory in Thousand Oaks (48 jobs) and Ventura (70 jobs) starting March 31st.

• Furlough of employees at H&M (Hennes & Mauritz LP) in Oxnard (34 jobs), The Oaks Mall in Thousand Oaks (23 jobs) and Pacific View Mall in Ventura (13 jobs).

• Furlough of employees at Urbane Cafe Camarillo (8 jobs).

• Furlough of 192 employees at Carmax in Oxnard effective April 8th.

• Furlough of 99 employees at Addison Behavioral Resources in Camarillo effective March 22nd.

• Furlough of 11 employees at Zara Thousand Oaks.

• Furlough of 45 employees at the Ventura County Fairgrounds effective April 8th.

• Furlough of 100 employees at Oxnard Levity Live effective March 13th.

• Furlough of 45 employees at Carter’s and OshKosh facilities in Camarillo effective April 3rd.

• Lazy Dog furloughed employees on March 17th throughout the state, including Oxnard (120 jobs) and Thousand Oaks (111 jobs).

• Tarantula Hill Brewing Company in Thousand Oaks permanently laid off 71 employees on March 18-19.

• The Walking Company laid off a number of employees at its Westlake Village location effective March 20th.

• Furloughs at Players Casino in Ventura were done effective March 31st, impacting 183 jobs.

• Furloughs at Stonefire Grill locations in Agoura Hills (9 jobs), Thousand Oaks (26 jobs) and Ventura (23 jobs) effective March 25th.

• Furloughs at Ventura Toyota effective March 24th impacting 73 employees.

• Temporary closure of the Pentair facility in Moorpark effective March 20th, leading to furlough of 68 employees.

• Layoff of 55 employees at Brent’s Deli in Westlake Village effective March 27th.

• Furlough of employees at LA Fitness locations in Newbury Park (41 jobs), Oxnard (31 jobs) and Ventura (44 jobs) on or about April 1st.