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

§ 2856

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

An employee shall substantially comply with all the directions of his employer concerning the service on which he is engaged, except where such obedience is impossible or unlawful, or would impose new and unreasonable burdens upon the employee.

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

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