One who, without consideration, undertakes to do a service for another, is not bound to perform the same but if he actually enters upon its performance, he shall use at least slight care and diligence therein.
Cal. Lab. Code § 2850
Obligations of Employee
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 229 Cal. App. 2d 259 - Housewright v. Pacific Far East Line, Inc. (1964)
Most recently applied in 3 Cal. App. 4th 784 - Webster v. Ebright (February 1992)
Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.