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-175CHAPTER 59—SERVICE WITH EMPLOYMENT SUBCHAPTER I—QENEBAL PBOTISIONS

Sec. 2101. Employment defined. 2102. Government employees. 2103. Scope of chapter. SUBCHAPTER H—OBLIGATIONS OF EMPLOTEB

2121. Indemnification of employee. 2122. Assumption of risk; fellow servant rule; contributory negligencCi 2123. Negligence of employer. SUBCHAPTER HI—OBLIGATIONS OF EMPLOYEE

2151. 21.^2. 21.53. 2154. 2155. 2156. 2157. 2158. 2159. 2160. 2161. 2162. 2163. 2164. 2165.

Duties of gratuitous employee generally. Gratuitous employee; service by own request; relinquishment. Same; written power of attorney. Duties of employee for reward. Duties of employee for his own benefit. Obedience to employer. Conformity to usage. Degree of skill required. Use of skill possessed. Things which belong to employer. Duty to account Delivery without demand. Preference to employer. Responsibility for negligence. Surviving employee. SUBCHAPTER IV

2191. 2192. 2193. 2194. 2195. 2196. 2197. 2198.

TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

Termination of employment generally. Death or incapacity of employer. Continuance of service in certain cases. Terms of employment Termination by employer. Termination by employee. Compensation due on dismissal. Compensation due on quitting.

Subchapter I—General Provisions § 2101. Employment defined The contract of employment is a contract by which one, who is called the employer, engages another, who is called the employee, to do something for the benefit of the employer or of a third person. § 2102. Government employees This chapter and chapters 61 and 63 of this title do not apply to the United States Government or any of its agencies, or to their employees as concerns such employment. § 2103. Scope of chapter The scope of this chapter is not confined to servants, but includes factors, brokers, carriers, agents, and all similar classes of persons. Subchapter II—Obligations of Employer § 2121. Indemnification of employee Except as provided by section 2122 of this title, an employer must indemnify his employee for all that the employee necessarily expends or loses in direct consequence of the discharge of his duties as such, or of his obedience to the directions of the employer, even though unlawful, unless the employee, at the time of obeying such directions, believed them to be unlawful.