North Dakota Code § 34-02-08

Employee shall obey instructions of employer - Exceptions
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An employee shall comply substantially with all of the directions of the employee's employer 
concerning the service upon which the employee is engaged except:
1. When such compliance is impossible or unlawful;
2. When such compliance would impose new and unreasonable burdens upon the 
employee; or
3. In case of an emergency which, according to the best information which the employee 
can obtain, was not contemplated by the employer, in which the employer cannot be 
consulted with the use of reasonable diligence, and in which the employee, in good 
faith and with the exercise of reasonable discretion, judges noncompliance with the 

employer's instructions to be absolutely necessary for the protection of the employer's 
interests.
In any case arising under subsection 1, 2, or 3, the employee shall conform as nearly as is 
reasonably practicable to the directions of the employer.

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