{"code":"LAB","codeName":"Labor Code","section":"2856","citation":"Lab. Code, § 2856","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS [2700. - 3122.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/division-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Employer and Employee [2750. - 2930.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/division-3/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Obligations of Employee [2850. - 2866.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/division-3/chapter-2/article-3"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.","effective":null,"html":"<p>An employee shall substantially comply with all the directions of his employer concerning the service on which he is engaged, except where such obedience is impossible or unlawful, or would impose new and unreasonable burdens upon the employee.</p>","text":"An employee shall substantially comply with all the directions of his employer concerning the service on which he is engaged, except where such obedience is impossible or unlawful, or would impose new and unreasonable burdens upon the employee.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/obligations-of-employee-2856","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}