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Zeco Systems, Inc California Layoffs 2025: What Employees Should Know

Zeco Systems, Inc has 2 layoff notices on file with California's Employment Development Department (EDD) under the state's Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, covering 118 jobs in Los Angeles County. That is what the state has published since July 2025, not an all-time total. If you were one of them, here is what the filing says, how much notice the law asks for, and what to look at before you sign anything.

What the filing says

These are the details as Zeco Systems, Inc reported them to the state. The EDD publishes every notice, and this page reflects the data as of Jul 31, 2026.

LocationCountyNotice givenJobs endWorkersType
S Alameda Los AngelesLos Angeles CountyAug 18, 2025Oct 4, 2025114Layoff Permanent
Los AngelesLos Angeles CountyAug 4, 2025Nov 30, 20254Closure Permanent

How much notice the law requires

California's WARN Act requires 60 days of advance written notice before a covered mass layoff. What makes the California version unusual is how few ways out it gives an employer. The only statutory exception is a physical calamity or an act of war. Federal law has three exceptions, including one for unforeseeable business circumstances, and the California Legislature deliberately declined to copy them.

What this filing shows

The shortest gap in these filings is 47 calendar days between the notice date and the date the jobs end. That is less than the 60 days the statute describes.

This is a fact drawn from the public filing, not a conclusion that anyone broke the law. The date an employer records is not always the date workers were told, employers of different sizes are covered differently, and exceptions can apply. Whether it means anything in your case is exactly what a free consultation sorts out.

Zeco Systems severance: what to check before you sign

A severance offer is not the same thing as the notice pay the WARN Act describes, and an employer cannot use one to satisfy the other. A release may also give up more than you expect, and an arbitration agreement you signed at hire can affect where a dispute is heard. Read our full guide to the California WARN Act before you decide, and consider having the paperwork looked at.

Two things worth doing this week either way. File for unemployment now, because WARN money does not reduce it. And keep every document, including the notice itself and anything showing when it arrived.

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Questions people are asking

What is the Zeco Systems severance package?

The WARN notice Zeco Systems filed with the state does not list severance terms, and we do not publish any employer's package. A WARN notice reports how many jobs end, where, and when. Severance is a separate contract offered at the employer's discretion. California law does not require it, and an employer cannot use contractual severance to satisfy what the WARN Act requires, so being offered a package does not by itself answer whether notice pay is also owed. If you have an offer in hand, the terms in front of you are the ones that matter, and they are worth reading closely before the deadline on them runs.

Am I owed severance from Zeco Systems, Inc?

California law does not require severance on its own, and a severance offer is a separate thing from WARN pay. An employer cannot use contractual severance to satisfy its WARN obligation, so being offered a package does not answer whether notice pay is also owed.

Does taking the severance reduce what I could recover?

It depends on why the money is being paid. Severance the employer was already obligated to provide — under a contract, a policy, a benefit plan, or a union agreement — cannot be set against what the WARN Act requires. A payment that is genuinely voluntary and unconditional, one the employer had no legal obligation to make, can reduce that liability. Wages for work you actually performed during the notice period are not voluntary severance at all. Which category an offer falls into is a question about the document in front of you, not about the layoff, and it is one of the better reasons to have the paperwork read before the deadline on it runs.

Does it matter that this was filed as a closure at some locations?

It can. California's WARN Act covers a closure, a mass layoff, and a relocation, and the thresholds are not identical. A closure means the site itself is shutting down rather than shedding part of its staff, which can change who is counted and whether the statute applies at all. It also tends to mean there is no role to be recalled to.

Why do co-workers have different last days?

The filings here list 2 separate last days of work. Employers commonly stagger a reduction so some functions run longer than others. Your own notice period is measured against your date, not the earliest one in the filing, so two people at the same employer can be in genuinely different positions.

What if I did not get 60 days of notice?

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. That is far narrower than federal law, which has three exceptions. The shortest gap in these filings is 47 days, which is 13 short of 60. That is arithmetic on two published dates and not a finding that anyone broke the law: the recorded date is not always the date workers were told, and coverage depends on the employer's size and how many people were let go.

Can I still collect unemployment?

Yes. Under Labor Code section 1407, WARN-related payments are not treated as wages for unemployment purposes, so they cannot be used to deny or reduce your benefits in California. You do not have to wait for your last day — the filings here run through Nov 30, 2025 — and filing early is generally better than filing late.

Does taking a new job hurt my claim?

No. Wages you earn at a new job during the notice period do not reduce what a former employer may owe under WARN. You do not need to delay a job search to protect a claim.

How long do I have to act?

Generally three years. The federal WARN Act sets no limitations period of its own, so courts borrow the closest state deadline, which in California is the three-year period for a liability created by statute. The clock starts when you suffer an employment loss, not when the notice went out. Measured from the last day of work in these filings, Nov 30, 2025, three years runs to about Nov 30, 2028. If this was a layoff rather than an outright termination, the loss may not count until the layoff has lasted more than six months, which can start the clock later still. Treat all of it as an outer edge rather than a plan. Other claims arising from the same layoff run much shorter, and a severance offer usually carries its own deadline measured in days.

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.

Zeco Systems does business as Shell EV Charging Solutions Americas, and its notices came as Shell announced it would wind down Volta Charging and its Volta Media advertising division and dismantle the network of more than 2,000 U.S. charging stations by the end of 2025, as reported by electrive.

In its WARN letter, posted by Nevada's Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, Zeco Systems said that due to a change in business needs it would permanently lay off employees supporting the media network business, contract and procurement positions, and other redundant positions in phases of separations starting October 4, 2025, affecting approximately 114 employees.

The company said its workforce is primarily remote and spread throughout the United States, with notifications filed under its Los Angeles headquarters at 767 S. Alameda, and the shutdown affects about 190 Volta employees overall, according to AdExchanger.

Details worth knowing

  • The WARN letter states the affected positions are not union-represented and that no bumping rights exist, with exit dates phased across October 4, October 31 and December 31, 2025.
  • Shell said some affected employees will have opportunities to apply for roles in other parts of the organization, and that Volta Media would be shuttered by November 2025, according to AdExchanger and electrive.

Sources: electrive (opens in a new tab)AdExchanger (opens in a new tab)Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (opens in a new tab)

What the numbers show

  • The filings name 2 locations: S Alameda Los Angeles and Los Angeles.
  • They cover 2 separate addresses rather than a single site, so co-workers at different locations may have received different dates.
  • Some of the notices are filed as closures and some as layoffs, so whether a whole site is shutting down depends on the location.
  • The jobs do not all end on the same day. The filings list 2 separate last days of work, running from October 4, 2025 to November 30, 2025.
  • The shortest gap between notice and last day here is 47 days, against a statewide median of 61 days across every notice on file.
  • By headcount it sits in the top 35% of the 593 employer layoffs tracked here.
  • The 118 workers leaving Zeco Systems, Inc 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).
  • All 2 notices are dated within a single month, August 2025, which reads as one event reported site by site rather than a rolling reduction.

These are counts and comparisons drawn from the published filings, not findings about Zeco Systems.

Free job-search help near the affected sites

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; these are the closest to the sites in these filings.

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 Los Angeles County around the same time

158 employers have WARN notices on file in Los Angeles County, covering 17,303 workers. These filed within about a quarter of this one.

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

Key points

Each point is explained and sourced above · Verified July 31, 2026

Key points from Zeco Systems, Inc California layoffs 2025, verified as of July 31, 2026

  • Workers affected · Los Angeles County · published since July 2025

    118

    CA EDD WARN report

  • Notices filed · California · published July 2025 to July 2026

    2

    CA EDD WARN report

  • Jobs end · As filed

    Nov 30, 2025

    CA EDD WARN report

  • Days between notice and last day · Arithmetic on two published dates

    47 calendar days

    CA EDD WARN report

  • Los Angeles County unemployment rate · vs 5.2% statewide, not seasonally adjusted

    5.3% (June 2026)

    BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • Notice California law describes · California

    60 days before a covered mass layoff

    Lab. Code § 1401

  • Available exceptions · California

    Physical calamity or act of war only

    Lab. Code § 1401

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