FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) — The sudden shutdown of Fresno’s Soul Housing shelter, which left around 200 people without a place to stay and several others without a job, may have violated state labor law, according to the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR).
In an email to FOX26, a spokesperson for the DIR confirmed the department “has not received a Cal-WARN Act exemption request from Soul Housing.”
Under the state’s Cal-WARN Act, employers with 75 or more workers are required to provide 60 days’ written notice before laying off 50 or more employees within a 30-day period…