Every employment is terminated by any of the following:
(a) Expiration of its appointed term.
(b) Extinction of its subject.
(c) Death of the employee.
(d) The employee’s legal incapacity to act as such.
Cal. Lab. Code § 2920
Termination of Employment
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 102 Cal. App. 2d 338 - Bradner v. Vasquez (1951)
Most recently applied in 39 Cal. App. 4th 1282 - Schimmel v. Norcal Mutual Insurance (November 1995)
Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.
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Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.