Hydro Extrusion USA, LLC California Layoffs 2025: What Employees Should Know

What the filing says

These are the details as Hydro Extrusion USA, LLCreported them to the state. The EDD publishes every notice, and these figures come from the state's report as retrieved on Aug 13, 2026.

How much notice the law requires

California's WARN Act requires 60 days of advance written notice before a covered mass layoff, and its only statutory exception is a physical calamity or an act of war — far narrower than federal law's three. Who is covered and how the thresholds are counted is in our California WARN Act guide.

Hydro Extrusion severance: what to check before you sign

A severance offer is not the notice pay the WARN Act describes. Severance you were already promised — in a contract, a handbook, or a union agreement — cannot be used to satisfy that obligation, though Labor Code section 1402 does let an employer reduce a back-pay award by voluntary payments it was never required to make. A release may also give up more than you expect. Justin reviews severance agreements before workers sign. What to check before you decide is in our full guide to the California WARN Act.

Two things worth doing this week either way. File for unemployment now — WARN money does not reduce it, and the filings here run through Dec 23, 2025, so you do not have to wait for your last day. And keep every document, including the notice itself and anything showing when it arrived.

Questions people are asking

Where a layoff can raise a legal question

A layoff is lawful on its own, and nothing below is a statement about Hydro Extrusion. These are the places California law can still come into play, depending on the facts of your own situation.

• The severance you were asked to signA release can give up claims you did not know you had, and the terms are sometimes negotiable.
• How you were selectedA reduction in force still cannot be used to cut someone for a protected reason such as age, disability, pregnancy, or a complaint they made.
• Your final paycheckCalifornia sets when final wages are due at termination, and unpaid time or accrued vacation can carry penalties on top of the wages.

General information about California law, not legal advice, and reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship.

What the numbers show

• The 128 affected positions are in City of Industry.
• The notice is filed as a closure rather than a partial reduction, meaning the site itself is shutting down.
• At least one notice is marked temporary rather than permanent. A temporary designation is what the employer reported; it is not a promise of recall.
• The shortest gap between notice and last day here is 61 days, close to the statewide median of 61 days across every notice on file.
• By headcount it sits in the top 30% of the 599 employer layoffs tracked here.
• The notice arrived in October 2025, the busiest month in this dataset: California employers filed 217 WARN notices statewide.
• The 128 workers leaving Hydro Extrusion USA, LLC re-enter a job market where Los Angeles County unemployment stood at 5.3% in June 2026, above the 5.2% statewide rate (Bureau of Labor Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).

These are counts and comparisons drawn from the published filings, not findings about Hydro Extrusion.

Other layoffs filed in Los Angeles County around the same time

158 employers have WARN notices on file in Los Angeles County, covering 17,863 workers. These filed within about a quarter of this one.

• Amazon6,975 workers
• Meta Platforms, Inc.4,150 workers
• Oracle America, Inc.1,250 workers
• Jet Propulsion Laboratory543 workers
• Children's Hospital Los Angeles439 workers
• Anthony International398 workers

Listed because they appear in the same county in the same public data. No connection between these employers is implied.

California wage claims filed against Hydro Extrusion

California employers face claims under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), which lets an employee sue for civil penalties over Labor Code violations on behalf of the state. The state publishes every filing. One PAGA case naming this employer is on that record, including the settlements below.

These are outcomes in other people’s cases, obtained by other lawyers, taken from the state’s public filing record. They are not results of this firm, and past results do not guarantee a similar outcome. What any individual recovers depends on their own hours, pay records, and dates.

• Proposed settlement · 2026

  $300,000

  Non-exempt hourly employees of Hydro Extrusion USA, LLC in California will receive payments from a $300,000 settlement to resolve claims that the employer failed to provide meal and rest periods, pay overtime and minimum wages, timely pay wages, provide accurate wage statements, and reimburse expenses. The employer denies all allegations and any liability. The settlement includes both class claims for unpaid wages and penalties and a PAGA component allocating $20,000 for civil penalties.

  Covered Class means all individuals who worked for Defendant as hourly and/or non-exempt employees in California at any time between April 25, 2021, and the date of preliminary approval of this settlement. Aggrieved Employee means all non-exempt persons employed by Defendant who worked from April 25, 2024 through the date of preliminary approval of this settlement.. The settlement resolved class claims as well as PAGA penalties.

  Attorneys' fees

  $100,000

  To the state (LWDA)

  $13,000

  Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles · 25STCV12199 · Hydro Extrusion denied liability; a settlement is not an admission.

A PAGA case is not a class action, and there is nothing to opt out of. A PAGA settlement resolves civil penalties owed to the state — most of which the state keeps — and it does not necessarily resolve your own unpaid wages, missed break premiums, or final-paycheck penalties. If you worked here and were not paid correctly, that is a separate question worth asking about. How California wage claims work.