All statutory citations are to the Labor Code, unless indicated.
This determination is vitally important because workers' compensation has been established by the California Constitution and Labor Code to be the exclusive remedy for work-related injuries. Thus persons deemed employees will be provided benefits by those persons or entities deemed employers and will generally have no action at law for damages. It includes the State of California, counties, cities, public agencies, and every person which has any natural person in service. Excluded from the definition are bowling team sponsors and private, nonprofit organizations sponsoring a criminal sentenced to community service. In certain cases a person may have two employers for one job.