Cal. LAB § 2862
This is the official text of Cal. LAB § 2862, part of California’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and employee rights.
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Official statutory text
An employee who receives anything on account of his employer, in any capacity other than that of a mere servant, is not bound to deliver it to the employer until demanded, and is not at liberty to send it to the employer from a distance, without demand, in any mode involving greater risk than its retention by the employee himself.
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