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DIVISION 3. EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS 2700-3100›CHAPTER 2. Employer and Employee 2750-2930›ARTICLE 3. Obligations of Employee 2850-2866

§ 2865

California Labor Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

An employee who is guilty of a culpable degree of negligence is liable to his employer for the damage thereby caused to the employer. The employer is liable to the employee if the service is not gratuitous, for the value of the services only as are properly rendered.

(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)

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