North Dakota Century Code Title 34. Labor and Employment § 34-02-08. Employee shall obey instructions of employer--Exceptions

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.