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.
Cal. Lab. Code § 2865
Obligations of Employee
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case 87 Cal. App. 3d 938 - Ventura County Employees' Retirement Ass'n v. Pope (1978)
Most recently applied in 387 F. Supp. 3d 1046 - Erhart v. Bofi Holding, Inc. (April 2019)
Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.
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