ARTICLE 4. Termination of Employment [2920. - 2929.]

Cal. Labor Code - LAB 4.

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Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 2920. Section 2920.

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. Labor Code - LAB § 2921. Section 2921.

Every employment in which the power of the employee is not coupled with an interest in its subject is terminated by notice to the employee of either of the following: (a) The death of the employer. (b) The legal incapacity of the employer to contract.

Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 2922. Section 2922.

An employment, having no specified term, may be terminated at the will of either party on notice to the other. Employment for a specified term means an employment for a period greater than one month.

Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 2923. Section 2923.

An employee, unless the term of his service has expired or unless he has a right to discontinue it at any time without notice, shall continue his service after notice of the death or incapacity of his employer, so far as is necessary to protect from serious injury the interests of the employer’s successor in interest, until a reasonable time after notice of the facts has been communicated to such successor. The successor shall compensate the employee for such service according to the terms of the contract of employment.

Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 2924. Section 2924.

An employment for a specified term may be terminated at any time by the employer in case of any willful breach of duty by the employee in the course of his employment, or in case of his habitual neglect of his duty or continued incapacity to perform it.

Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 2925. Section 2925.

An employment for a specified term may be terminated by the employee at any time in case of any wilful or permanent breach of the obligations of his employer to him as an employee.

Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 2926. Section 2926.

An employee who is not employed for a specified term and who is dismissed by his employer is entitled to compensation for services rendered up to the time of such dismissal.

Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 2927. Section 2927.

An employee who is not employed for a specified term and who quits the service of his employer is entitled to compensation for services rendered up to the time of such quitting.

Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 2928. Section 2928.

No deduction from the wages of an employee on account of his coming late to work shall be made in excess of the proportionate wage which would have been earned during the time actually lost, but for a loss of time less than thirty minutes, a half hour’s wage may be deducted.

Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 2929. Section 2929.

(a) As used in this section: (1) “Garnishment” means any judicial procedure through which the wages of an employee are required to be withheld for the payment of any debt. (2) “Wages” has the same meaning as that term has under Section 200. (b) No employer may discharge any employee by reason of the fact that the garnishment of his wages has been threatened. No employer may discharge any employee by reason of the fact that his wages have been subjected to garnishment for the payment of one judgment. A provision of a contract of employment that provides an employee with less protection than is provided by this subdivision is against public policy and void. (c) Unless the employee has greater rights under the contract of employment, the wages of an employee who is discharged in violation of this section shall continue until reinstatement notwithstanding such discharge, but such wages shall not continue for more than 30 days and shall not exceed the amount of wages earned during the 30 calendar days immediately preceding the date of the levy of execution upon the employee’s wages which resulted in his discharge. The employee shall give notice to his employer of his intention to make a wage claim under this subdivision within 30 days after being discharged; and, if he desires to have the Labor Commissioner take an assignment of his wage claim, the employee shall file a wage claim with the Labor Commissioner within 60 days after being discharged. The Labor Commissioner may, in his discretion, take assignment of wage claims under this subdivision as provided for in Section 96. A discharged employee shall not be permitted to recover wages under this subdivision if a criminal prosecution based on the same discharge has been commenced for violation of Section 304 of the Consumer Credit Protection Act of 1968 (15 U.S.C. Sec. 1674). (d) Nothing in this section affects any other rights the employee may have against his employer. (e) This section is intended to aid in the enforcement of the prohibition against discharge for garnishment of earnings provided in the Consumer Credit Protection Act of 1968 (15 U.S.C. Secs. 1671–1677) and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner which is consistent with the corresponding provisions of such act.

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