Ep. 41 - Managing Misconduct the Right Way

Ep. 41 - Managing Misconduct the Right Way

From Making Work Better: Employment Law & Workplace Challenges by The Prinz Law Firm

October 31, 2025 · 43 min · Season 3 · Episode 41

About this episode

The episode discusses how to manage workplace misconduct effectively, drawing on experiences from employment attorneys.

It's an unfortunate statistic, but most people have seen or experienced some form of misconduct at work at least once in their careers. As employment attorneys and workplace investigators, Christina Hynes Mesco and Laura Feldman have seen the full gamut of these types of matters and know that even the most cautionary tales can teach us valuable lessons about how to approach these difficult , and often highly emotional , cases . Using a recent and very public corporate scandal, Christina and Laura explore how a prominent corporation properly responded to misconduc t claims and use that example as a springboard for providing their best practices for organization s faced with similar complaints. In this episode, you will learn : The key role that senior leadership and even boards of directors play in addressing misconduct in the workplace and the kinds o f training that both should receive How to ensure that senior leadership has a pulse on what's going on in an organization How to spo t r etaliation and best prevent it When employment i nsurance can impact an organization's response to misconduct claims Whether a complaint needs to be formally filed to treat harassment claims…

People in this episode

Host: Christina Hynes

Guests: Christina Hynes Mesco, Laura Feldman

Topics covered

  • misconduct
  • employment law
  • workplace challenges

Keywords

  • workplace misconduct
  • employment attorneys
  • investigators

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