Apple cuts hundreds of jobs after ditching the car project and more Apple is to chop more than 600 workers in a move likely related to the cancellation of several projects at the firm, including the company's self-driving car. As Reg readers might expect, the world's most valuable company isn't saying much about the reasons behind the layoffs. After all, Project Titan – supposedly the name of …
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"However, it is worth remembering that the notices only apply to California and Apple's Santa Clara operations".
Correct if you read that as "these notices only apply"...
The Federal WARN act exists, but because it only applies when more than 500 jobs are lost it's less often implicated. BUT since 600 is greater than 500, an Apple employee in Texas (for example) who's losing his job as part of this round of cuts would be covered by the Federal version of the act (even if the other 599 employees were in California).
So the fact that Federal WARN notices for non-California employees have not been found suggests that the losses are only in California, because the California notices satisfy the Federal requirement.
(It's entirely possible that significant non-California employees are impacted by whatever it is that is causing this, but it is also possible that e.g. non-California groups got re-tasked en masse, so no layoffs are likely).
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