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Jun. 21, 2008
On the Job Indemnity
When an employer declines to undertake an employee's defense and a third-party suit proceeds to judgment, the employee's indemnification rights are unclear, write Eric G. Wallis and Lisa M. Carvalho. - Employment Column
By Eric G. Wallis and Lisa M. Carvalho
This article appears on Page 8
California Labor Code Section 2802 requires employers to indemnify employees for "necessary expenditures or losses" incurred "in direct consequence of the discharge of [the employee's] duties." Although Section 2802 does not require the employer to provide an employee's defense in tort actions brought by third parties but onl...
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