California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 2858

Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.

An employee is bound to exercise a reasonable degree of skill, unless his employer has notice, before employing him, of his want of skill.

Cite this section

Cal. Lab. Code § 2858 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/lab/division-3-employment-relations/chapter-2-employer-and-employee/article-3-obligations-of-employee/section-2858

Other sections in Article 3 - Obligations of Employee

§ 2850§ 2851§ 2852§ 2853§ 2854§ 2855§ 2856§ 2857§ 2858§ 2859§ 2860§ 2861§ 2862§ 2863§ 2864§ 2865§ 2866

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