May 18th, 2009, 6:13 am · 4 Comments · posted by Mary Ann Milbourn
Orange County employers have announced nearly 1,100 layoffs in the last few weeks as another wave of job notices have gone out.
The Orange County Register’s 2009 layoff list now tops 8,800 jobs. The list reflects mostly larger layoffs based on Worker Alignment and Retraining Notices (WARN) filed with the state, company announcements and job cuts independently verified by the Register.
The 1,084 local layoffs tallied in May is somewhat skewed because many of the 580 South Coast Medical Center workers in Laguna Beach who received pink slips may get picked up by Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center, which is acquiring the facility. Mission, however, has not determined which services will be continued at South Coast and how many workers it will need.
There were still several other significant workforce reductions ranging from healthcare to the Costa Mesa seller of retail electricity and natural gas. Here are the latest major layoffs so far this month:
