Insubordination is difficult -- if not impossible -- to define. Classifying insubordinate behavior by describing the way one employee responds to a supervisor's order doesn't work for all employees.

Insubordination is an employee's disregard of an employer's request. Examples of insubordination are an employee's refusal, for non-for religious reasons, to work on his scheduled day off, ignoring a ...

The ousting of Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, sheds light on how even in the White House, insubordination can be an intolerable workplace issue. McChrystal’s ...

The U.S. Department of Labor reported that 219,000 Americans filed for unemployment insurance benefits in the week ending April 4, a substantial increase from the week before. The vast majority of ...