Dignity Health Plans to Lay Off 57 Employees in Bakersfield in August
SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGCalifornia Employment Development Department· filed June 29, 2026View the filing ↗
What we know
Location: Bakersfield, California (Kern County).
Department affected: licensed vocational nurses and registered nurses (at Memorial); ancillary staff referenced.
A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on June 29, 2026.
Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the CA state workforce agency.
Summary
Registered nurses from three Bakersfield hospitals are staging an informational picket in response to Dignity Health's announced plan to lay off 57 employees in August. The article indicates the layoffs are planned and tied to Dignity Health operations in Bakersfield, prompting nurse protests. No specific department beyond the hospitals in Bakersfield is named, and no exact day in August is provided. The piece focuses on workers' reaction (the picket) to the company's planned workforce reduction rather than detailed company statements or reasons for the cuts.
Dignity Health disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the CA state workforce agency on June 29, 2026. The notice covers 57 employees in Street Bakersfield, CA (Kern County), with the layoff effective August 1, 2026.
That is roughly 0.1% of the 92,000 people Dignity Health employs.
LayoffTalk has tracked 9 layoff events at Dignity Health since August 2023, including 196 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 7 additional events known from news reporting.
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