Citing safety concerns for employees and shoppers due to violent crime and shoplifting, Target closed three locations in the Bay Area over the past month, with 238 employees affected, according to documents filed with California’s Employment Development Department.
State and federal laws mandate reporting of layoffs for companies with staff of 75 or more and 100 or more, respectively. Filings from Nov. 9 indicate that 63 employees in San Francisco, 69 in Oakland, and 106 in Pittsburg—in Contra Costa County—will be affected by the closures.
