California Code
Labor Code - LAB
DIVISION 3 - EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS

CHAPTER 1 - Scope of Division

Section 2700. - 2700. The provisions of this division shall not limit, change,...

CHAPTER 2 - Employer and Employee

ARTICLE 1 - The Contract of Employment

Section 2750. - 2750. The contract of employment is a contract by which...

Section 2750.5. - 2750.5. There is a rebuttable presumption affecting the burden of...

Section 2750.6. - 2750.6. There is a rebuttable presumption affecting the burden of...

Section 2750.8. - 2750.8. (a) The Labor Commissioner and the Employment Development Department...

Section 2751. - 2751. (a) Whenever an employer enters into a contract of...

Section 2753. - 2753. (a) A person who, for money or other valuable...

Section 2754. - 2754. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following...

Section 2755. - 2755. (a) For purposes of implementing Section 12316.1 of the...

ARTICLE 1.5 - Worker Status: Employees

Section 2775. - 2775. (a) As used in this article: (1) “Dynamex” means...

Section 2776. - 2776. Section 2775 and the holding in Dynamex do not...

Section 2777. - 2777. Section 2775 and the holding in Dynamex do not...

Section 2778. - 2778. (a) Section 2775 and the holding in Dynamex do...

Section 2779. - 2779. (a)Section 2775 and the holding in Dynamex do not...

Section 2780. - 2780. (a) (1) Section 2775 and the holding in Dynamex...

Section 2781. - 2781. Section 2775 and the holding in Dynamex do not...

Section 2782. - 2782. (a) Section 2775 and the holding in Dynamex do...

Section 2783. - 2783. Section 2775 and the holding in Dynamex do not...

Section 2784. - 2784. Section 2775 and the holding in Dynamex do not...

Section 2785. - 2785. (a) Section 2775 does not constitute a change in,...

Section 2786. - 2786. In addition to any other remedies available, an action...

Section 2787. - 2787. The provisions of this Article are severable. If any...

ARTICLE 2 - Obligations of Employer

Section 2800. - 2800. An employer shall in all cases indemnify his employee...

Section 2800.1. - 2800.1. An employer shall in all cases take reasonable and...

Section 2800.2. - 2800.2. (a) Any employer, employee association, or other entity otherwise...

Section 2800.3. - 2800.3. Any employer, other than a self-insurer, employee association or...

Section 2801. - 2801. In any action to recover damages for a personal...

Section 2802. - 2802. (a) An employer shall indemnify his or her employee...

Section 2802.1. - 2802.1. (a) (1) Section 2802 applies to any expense or...

Section 2803. - 2803. When death, whether instantaneously or otherwise, results from an...

Section 2803.4. - 2803.4. (a) Any employer providing health benefits under the Employee...

Section 2803.5. - 2803.5. Any employer who offers health care coverage, including employers...

Section 2804. - 2804. Any contract or agreement, express or implied, made by...

Section 2806. - 2806. (a) No employer, whether private or public, shall discontinue...

Section 2807. - 2807. (a) All employers, whether private or public, shall provide...

Section 2808. - 2808. (a) It is the responsibility of all employers, whether...

Section 2808.1. - 2808.1. (a) Commencing January 1, 2023, the Department of Industrial...

Section 2809. - 2809. (a) Any employer, whether private or public, that offers...

Section 2810. - 2810. (a) A person or entity shall not enter into...

Section 2810.3. - 2810.3. (a) As used in this section: (1) (A) “Client...

Section 2810.4. - 2810.4. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Commercial driver”...

Section 2810.5. - 2810.5. (a) (1) At the time of hiring, an employer...

Section 2810.7. - 2810.7. (a) An employer shall notify an employee who participates...

Section 2810.8. - 2810.8. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Electronic Employment Verification Systems

Section 2811. - 2811. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 2812. - 2812. Except as required by federal law, or as a...

Section 2813. - 2813. For purposes of this article, the following terms have...

Section 2814. - 2814. (a) (1) Except as required by federal law or...

ARTICLE 3 - Obligations of Employee

Section 2850. - 2850. One who, without consideration, undertakes to do a service...

Section 2851. - 2851. One who, by his own special request, induces another...

Section 2852. - 2852. A gratuitous employee, who accepts a written power of...

Section 2853. - 2853. One who is employed at his own request to...

Section 2854. - 2854. One who, for a good consideration, agrees to serve...

Section 2855. - 2855. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), a...

Section 2856. - 2856. An employee shall substantially comply with all the directions...

Section 2857. - 2857. An employee shall perform his service in conformity to...

Section 2858. - 2858. An employee is bound to exercise a reasonable degree...

Section 2859. - 2859. An employee is always bound to use such skill...

Section 2860. - 2860. Everything which an employee acquires by virtue of his...

Section 2861. - 2861. An employee shall, on demand, render to his employer...

Section 2862. - 2862. An employee who receives anything on account of his...

Section 2863. - 2863. An employee who has any business to transact on...

Section 2864. - 2864. An employee who is expressly authorized to employ a...

Section 2865. - 2865. An employee who is guilty of a culpable degree...

Section 2866. - 2866. Where service is to be rendered by two or...

ARTICLE 3.5 - Inventions Made by an Employee

Section 2870. - 2870. (a) Any provision in an employment agreement which provides...

Section 2871. - 2871. No employer shall require a provision made void and...

Section 2872. - 2872. If an employment agreement entered into after January 1,...

ARTICLE 4 - Termination of Employment

Section 2920. - 2920. Every employment is terminated by any of the following:...

Section 2921. - 2921. Every employment in which the power of the employee...

Section 2922. - 2922. An employment, having no specified term, may be terminated...

Section 2923. - 2923. An employee, unless the term of his service has...

Section 2924. - 2924. An employment for a specified term may be terminated...

Section 2925. - 2925. An employment for a specified term may be terminated...

Section 2926. - 2926. An employee who is not employed for a specified...

Section 2927. - 2927. An employee who is not employed for a specified...

Section 2928. - 2928. No deduction from the wages of an employee on...

Section 2929. - 2929. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Garnishment” means...

ARTICLE 5 - Investigations of Employees

Section 2930. - 2930. (a) Any employer who disciplines or discharges an employee...

CHAPTER 4 - Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship

ARTICLE 1 - Administration

Section 3070. - 3070. There is in the Division of Apprenticeship Standards the...

Section 3071. - 3071. (a) The California Apprenticeship Council shall meet quarterly at...

Section 3071.5. - 3071.5. There is also in the Division of Apprenticeship Standards...

Section 3071.7. - 3071.7. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Current foster...

Section 3072. - 3072. The Director of Industrial Relations is ex officio the...

Section 3073. - 3073. (a) The Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards,...

Section 3073.1. - 3073.1. (a) The division shall evaluate apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs...

Section 3073.2. - 3073.2. (a) The division may fund the programs established pursuant...

Section 3073.3. - 3073.3. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 3073.5. - 3073.5. The Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, the...

Section 3073.6. - 3073.6. Every person who willfully discriminates in any recruitment or...

Section 3073.7. - 3073.7. (a) The Division of Apprenticeship Standards may cooperate in...

Section 3073.9. - 3073.9. (a) No building and construction trades apprenticeship program shall...

Section 3074. - 3074. The preparation of trade analyses and development of curriculum...

Section 3074.1. - 3074.1. In compliance with the affirmative action requirements of California’s...

Section 3074.2. - 3074.2. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Career...

Section 3074.3. - 3074.3. In providing related and supplemental instruction pursuant to Section...

Section 3074.7. - 3074.7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing board...

ARTICLE 2 - Apprenticeship Programs

Section 3075. - 3075. (a) An apprenticeship program may be administered by a...

Section 3075.1. - 3075.1. It is the public policy of this state to...

Section 3075.5. - 3075.5. (a) This section applies when a building and construction...

Section 3075.6. - 3075.6. Each building and construction trades apprenticeship program shall provide...

Section 3075.7. - 3075.7. Every building and construction trades industry apprenticeship program shall...

Section 3076. - 3076. The function of a joint apprenticeship committee, when specific...

Section 3076.3. - 3076.3. Program sponsors shall establish selection procedures which specify minimum...

Section 3076.5. - 3076.5. A program sponsor may provide in its selection procedures...

Section 3077. - 3077. The term “apprentice” as used in this chapter, means...

Section 3077.5. - 3077.5. A program sponsor administering an apprenticeship program under this...

Section 3078. - 3078. Every apprentice agreement entered into under this chapter shall...

Section 3078.5. - 3078.5. (a) The term of apprenticeship may be measured either...

Section 3079. - 3079. Every apprentice agreement under this chapter shall be approved...

Section 3080. - 3080. (a) For the purpose of providing greater diversity of...

Section 3080.5. - 3080.5. An apprentice registered in an approved apprenticeship program in...

Section 3081. - 3081. Upon the complaint of any interested person or upon...

Section 3082. - 3082. (a) The determination of the administrator shall be in...

Section 3083. - 3083. All findings of fact in a final determination or...

Section 3084. - 3084. Any party to an apprentice agreement aggrieved by final...

Section 3084.5. - 3084.5. In any case in which a person or persons...

Section 3085. - 3085. No person shall institute any action for the enforcement...

Section 3086. - 3086. Nothing in this chapter or in any apprentice agreement...

Section 3088. - 3088. If any provision of this chapter or the application...

Section 3089. - 3089. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 3090. - 3090. The Division of Apprenticeship Standards shall investigate, approve or...

Section 3091. - 3091. Acceptance of an application for entrance into an apprenticeship...

Section 3091.5. - 3091.5. Pursuant to Section 16370 of the Government Code, there...

Section 3092. - 3092. A successful graduate of a training program in a...

ARTICLE 3 - Other On-The-Job Training Programs

Section 3093. - 3093. (a) This section applies only when voluntarily requested by...

ARTICLE 4 - Preapprenticeship Programs

Section 3100. - 3100. (a) On or before January 1, 2019, the Division...

ARTICLE 5 - Apprenticeship Innovation Funding Program

Section 3110. - 3110. (a) The provisions of this article shall be operative...

Section 3111. - 3111. (a) The division may provide apprenticeship innovation funding support...

Section 3111.1. - 3111.1. Eligible activities for support funds shall include, but are...

Section 3112. - 3112. (a) The division may provide apprenticeship innovation funding training...

Section 3112.1. - 3112.1. Eligible activities for apprenticeship innovation funding training funds shall...

ARTICLE 6 - Youth Apprenticeship

Section 3120. - 3120. Youth apprenticeship shall be a key priority for the...

Section 3121. - 3121. (a) The Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards...

Section 3122. - 3122. (a) The Youth Apprenticeship Grant Program is hereby established,...

Section 3122.1. - 3122.1. Grant funds may be used for eligible purposes that...

Section 3122.2. - 3122.2. The grant proposal shall include, but is not limited...

Section 3122.3. - 3122.3. The Youth Apprenticeship Grant Program shall have an explicit...

Section 3122.4. - 3122.4. (a) The division shall monitor and audit grant recipients...