in this context? I'm pretty sure not. I'm not talking Discrimination. Trying to mask a layoff by taking actions that mostly affect the group they're trying to

in this context? I'm pretty sure not. I'm not talking Discrimination. Trying to mask a layoff by taking actions that mostly affect the group they're trying to layoff... is an illegal layoff. See: https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/cal-warnact.html https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/cal-warnact.html And, california has shown repeatedly that they're perfectly willing to enforce cal-WARN on companies that barely have a CA presence... never-mind ones that have their HQ there. Yes, this includes layoffs that don't touch a CA resident.