Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Cal. Lab. Code § 921

Contracts Against Public Policy

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 52 Cal. 2d 162 - Chavez v. Sargent (1959)

Most recently applied in 52 Cal. 2d 162 - Chavez v. Sargent (May 1959)

Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.

How often courts cite this section

19401950195920
citing decisions per year

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.

Every promise made after August 21, 1933, between any employee or prospective employee and his employer, prospective employer or any other person is contrary to public policy if either party thereto promises any of the following:

(a) To join or to remain a member of a labor organization or to join or remain a member of an employer organization,

(b) Not to join or not to remain a member of a labor organization or of an employer organization,

(c) To withdraw from an employment relation in the event that he joins or remains a member of a labor organization or of an employer organization.

Such promise shall not afford any basis for the granting of legal or equitable relief by any court against a party to such promise, or against any other persons who advise, urge, or induce, without fraud or violence or threat thereof, either party thereto to act in disregard of such promise.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.