Riviera Resort & Spa Palm Springs California Layoffs 2026: What Employees Should Know

What the filing says

These are the details as Riviera Resort & Spa Palm Springsreported 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.

Riviera Resort & Spa Palm Springs 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 May 31, 2026, 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.

What your notice was required to include

Timing is only half of what Labor Code section 1401 asks for. The notice itself has to contain specific things, and California added most of this list for notices issued on or after January 1, 2026. This notice falls after that date. If you kept your copy, read it against the full six-item checklist in our WARN Act guide — everything federal law requires, whether transition help is being coordinated, working contact details for your workforce board and for the employer itself, and CalFresh information.

Source: Labor Code section 1401, as amended by SB 617, effective January 1, 2026. A notice missing something from that list is not automatically a violation with a remedy attached — whether a gap matters depends on the employer, the action, and what else happened.

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 Riviera Resort & Spa Palm Springs. 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 has been reported

Press coverage of this layoff, summarized and attributed. This is reporting rather than the filing itself, and we did not independently verify it.

The 398-room Palm Springs Riviera Resort & Spa is laying off staff ahead of a total renovation, SFGATE reported. General manager Andrew Jay told SFGATE that while all 233 employees were told they were laid off, the resort plans to keep on as many as it can during the seven-month project and has committed to rehiring the rest once the work is done.

"Many people on the staff have decades' worth of time here at the property. They put their professional efforts into it," Jay said, adding that the resort's owner, Welcome Group Inc., intends to "honor that by bringing them back" after the remodel. He did not give a specific number who would actually be out of work, saying it was "at least a couple scores" and "could be a little more."

SFGATE reported that construction begins June 1, the day after the last day of work, with crews upgrading all rooms "down to the studs" and remaking the hotel's public spaces, corridors and two pools. Crews will live on the property to speed the work, and parts of the Riviera will stay open to guests during construction. "We're trying to do this as quickly as possible to minimize construction cost and loss of staff," Jay said.

Sources: SFGATE (opens in a new tab)

What the numbers show

• The 233 affected positions are in Palm Springs.
• The shortest gap between notice and last day here is 66 days, close to the statewide median of 61 days across every notice on file.
• Within Riverside County, this accounts for 5% of all workers covered by WARN notices on file, across 41 employers.
• By headcount it sits in the top 15% of the 599 employer layoffs tracked here.
• The 233 workers leaving Riviera Resort & Spa Palm Springs re-enter a job market where Riverside County unemployment stood at 5.4% 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 Riviera Resort & Spa Palm Springs.

Free job-search help near Palm Springs

America's Job Center of California is the state's no-cost network for laid-off workers: help filing and keeping unemployment benefits, federally funded retraining, and résumé and interview coaching. Your WARN notice may name one; this is the closest to the site in this filing.

• Indio Youth Opportunity Center (opens in a new tab)

  44-199 Monroe Street, Indio, CA 92201 · 760-802-6059

  Affiliate center (partial services) · about 19.6 miles from the Palm Springs site

Locations and hours change — confirm before visiting, or find another center with the EDD's center locator (opens in a new tab). Directory: U.S. Department of Labor, Jul 31, 2026; distances are straight-line from the address in the filing.

Other layoffs filed in Riverside County around the same time

41 employers have WARN notices on file in Riverside County, covering 4,625 workers. These filed within about a quarter of this one.

• TeamOne725 workers
• Saks & Company LLC231 workers
• Nestle USA145 workers
• Legacy Supply Chain129 workers
• RSVC Company127 workers
• Propark Mobility123 workers

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