California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 2920

Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.

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.

Cite this section

Cal. Lab. Code § 2920 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/lab/division-3-employment-relations/chapter-2-employer-and-employee/article-4-termination-of-employment/section-2920

Other sections in Article 4 - Termination of Employment

§ 2920§ 2921§ 2922§ 2923§ 2924§ 2925§ 2926§ 2927§ 2928§ 2929

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