How Do You Solve Employee Insubordination Issues?
When companies hire employees, they will expect the employees to follow directions given by supervisors, managers and any other company personnel deemed to be in authority. When employees blatantly refuse to follow directives given, this behavior may be perceived to be insubordination. Although employees are expected to comply, companies also have a responsibility to ensure that the directive is legal and does not pose a health or safety issue. Identify a formal definition of insubordination. According to US Legal Definitions, the definition of insubordination is a willful or intentional failure to obey a lawful and reasonable request of a supervisor. It also might be an action which constitutes a lack of respect or harassment directed toward a supervisor. For example, if a supervisor instructs an employee to work overtime to complete a project and the employee leaves at the usual time without completing the project, that could be classified as insubordination, because the request was
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