National Distribution Centers Files 167-Worker WARN Notice for Perris Closure
National Distribution Centers has filed a WARN notice covering 167 workers at its facility in Perris, California. The filing, recorded by the California Employment Development Department on November 4, 2026, lists the event as a closure, with the job cuts effective January 4, 2027.
It is the largest single-site California filing among the newest official notices in the Layoff Atlas registry. The next-largest filings in the same batch are far smaller: a 77-worker closure in Tulare and a 54-worker closure in Auberry, both filed November 9 by Wright Tree Service of the West. A single filing of 167 workers stands out in a state where most recent notices cover a few dozen workers or fewer.
The filing in detail
- Employer: National Distribution Centers
- Location: Perris, California
- Workers affected: 167
- Event type: Closure
- Notice date: November 4, 2026
- Effective date: January 4, 2027
- Source: California Employment Development Department (EDD)
The notice gives workers 61 days of advance warning — one day more than the 60 days the federal WARN Act requires. The WARN Act applies to employers with 100 or more full-time workers when a plant closure or mass layoff affects at least 100 people at a single site, so a 167-worker closure at one facility falls squarely inside the law's coverage.
These figures describe reported plans, not confirmed job losses. A WARN notice records what an employer says it intends to do; the final headcount can change if plans are revised, delayed, or cancelled before the effective date.
Perris has two closures on the same day
National Distribution Centers is not the only Perris employer with jobs ending on January 4, 2027. Eclipse Advantage filed a separate 35-worker closure notice for its Perris facility on the same day, November 4, with the same effective date. Together, the two filings put 202 Perris workers on the January 4 calendar.
January 4, 2027 is shaping up as a busy effective date across California. Beyond the two Perris closures, ServiceNow filed layoff notices for 37 workers in Santa Clara and 25 in San Diego, both effective January 4, and Wedgewood Village Pharmacy filed a 71-worker layoff notice in San Jose with the same date. Across those five filings, at least 335 California workers have January 4, 2027 as their effective date. The Ellison Institute's 88-worker Los Angeles layoff lands one day earlier, on January 3.
California still leads the national picture
California remains the state with the most reported layoff activity in the current 90-day window. The national registry holds 675 notices covering 61,932 reported workers, and California accounts for 22,115 of those workers — more than a third of the national total. Washington is second with 17,387, followed by Maryland at 2,667, Virginia at 2,556, and Texas at 2,419.
California's own archive is far larger than the 90-day window. The state page shows 17,703 non-cancelled imported notices reporting 1,461,684 workers, with 1,275 notices and 69,857 workers recorded so far in 2026. Over the last 365 days, California has 1,354 eligible official filings reporting 74,312 workers, and 184 notices carry future effective dates. The newest official notice date in the state is November 9, 2026.
The coming weeks stay heavy nationwide. The registry shows 7,578 workers with effective dates in the week of November 12, rising to 8,412 in the week of November 19 — the heaviest week on the calendar — then 6,032 in the week of November 26. December is lighter: 1,919 workers in the week of December 3, 1,962 in the week of December 10, and 5,347 in the week of December 17.
What workers at the Perris facility should know
A WARN notice starts a clock, not a countdown to an automatic outcome. During the 61-day notice period, affected workers can contact California's Rapid Response team, which provides free help with job searches, retraining, and unemployment benefits. Workers should also confirm their final pay, accrued vacation, and health coverage end dates with the employer, and check whether any severance or separation agreement is being offered — the WARN Act requires notice, but severance itself is usually voluntary unless a contract or company policy promises it.
Anyone tracking the Perris closure should watch for updates: employers sometimes amend a WARN filing, change the effective date, or reduce the number of affected workers. The filing as recorded stands until the state publishes a change.
Data source: Layoff Atlas.
