California Codes

Cal. Labor Code § 1400 (2026)

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This chapter may be cited as the “California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act” or “Cal/WARN Act.”

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17 cases (10 in the last 5 years), 2005–2025 · leading case: MacIsaac v. Waste Mgmt. Collection & Recycling, Inc., 2005 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 10484 (Cal. Ct. App. 2005).
MacIsaac v. Waste Mgmt. Collection & Recycling, Inc., 2005 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 10484 (Cal. Ct. App. 2005). “The California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (the California WARN Act) (Lab. Code, § 1400 et seq.) 1 forbids an employer from ordering a “mass layoff” unless the employer gives 60 days’ notice to the employees affected by the order and to various government…”
Cruz v. HMR Foods Holding, LP (In re HMR Foods Holding, LP), 602 B.R. 855 (Bankr. D. Del. 2019). · cites it 3× “California Labor Code §§ 1400 et seq. and continued to operate as a business until it ordered a mass layoff, plant closing or termination at each of the Facilities, as defined under the WARN Act.”
Int'l Bhd. of Boilermakers v. Nassco Holdings Inc., 226 Cal. Rptr. 3d 206 (Cal. Ct. App. 5th 2017). “" ( Lab. Code, § 1400 et seq. ) 1 A labor union and several employees sued an employer, alleging the employer violated this law by failing to provide notice before ordering about 90 employees not to return to work for four to five weeks.”
Austen v. Catterton Partners v. Lp, 729 F. Supp. 2d 548 (D. Conn. 2010). “, and California Labor Code §§ 1400 et seq. (“Cal-WARN Act”), for failing to provide their employees with six *551 ty days advance notice of the Archway Entities’ plant closings.”
Conn v. Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP (In re Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP), 507 B.R. 522 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2014). “While the complaint included a cause of action for violation of California Labor Code § 1400 et seq. (the "CAL WARN Act”), the certified class makes no reference to a CAL WARN Act claim.”
Etzelsberger v. Fisker Auto., Inc., 300 F.R.D. 378 (C.D. Cal. 2013). “, and California Labor Code § 1400 et seq. (the “Cal-WARN Act”) (together, the ‘WARN Acts”).”
Neal v. United Furniture Indus., Inc. (Bankr. N.D. Miss. 2025). · cites it 4× “Legal Standard Under California Labor Code § 1400 et seq. The Court is now faced with whether California’s WARN Act (“Cal.”
Philips v. Munchery Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2020). · cites it 2× “Plaintiffs allege that Munchery failed to provide its employees with written notice 18 60 days prior to their termination, as required under the WARN Acts. In February 2020, the 19 parties reached a settlement of Plaintiffs’ claims.”
Gonzalez v. Aluminum Precision Prods. CA2/6 (Cal. Ct. App. 2024). “(Lab. Code, § 1400 et seq.) 2 of action based on these alleged wage and hour violations.”
Nunn v. Bitwise Indus., Inc. (E.D. Cal. 2023). “Proietti and Ollen 27 Douglass for California Labor Code § 1400, et. seq. violations.”
Philips v. Munchery Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2021). “§ 16 2101(a)(2), and its California state law counterpart, California Labor Code §§ 1400 et seq. (“CAL- 17 WARN”) (together, “WARN Acts”), against their former employer, Defendant Munchery, Inc.”
Gunderson v. Alta Devices, Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2021). “”) and Cal. Labor Code §§ 1400 – 1408 (“A person, including a local government or an 16 employee representative, seeking to establish liability against an employer, may bring a civil 17 action on behalf of the person, other persons similarly situated, or both, in any court of…”
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