Employee Misconduct Documentation: Best Practices for Legal Protection

Friday,
October 31,2025
Time:
1:00 PM EST
Duration:
60 Minutes
Event Type :
Recorded Webinar

Overview :

You’ve heard it all the time – DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT. But what if that documentation hurts you in court? Keep in mind that plaintiffs’ attorneys will go over your documentation with a fine-tooth comb to find ways that your documentation helps their case rather than your case. In this webinar, you will learn how to word your documentation so that it will stand up in court. We will also discuss why documentation is important to convince a jury that you made the right decision.

Learning Objectives:-

  • Learn how to write disciplinary actions that will help you in court.
  • Learn why it is important to distinguish between performance and misconduct.
  • Learn the ABCs of documentation.
  • Learn the goals of every disciplinary procedure.
  • Learn document termination decisions.

Areas Covered:-

  • Does the employment-at-will doctrine help you when it comes to documentation?
  • Myths that employees and jurors believe.
  • Performance and disciplinary documentation pitfalls.
  • Characteristics of good documentation.
  • Worst mistakes in documentation.
  • Using email to document.
  • Requirements for keeping documentation for recordkeeping purposes.

Why Should You Attend?

DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT. Labor and employment attorneys will state this over and over (and, frankly, in all capital letters). But what if that documentation hurts you in court rather than helps you? Good documentation will help you win in court. Bad documentation will ensure that you lose in court. What about no documentation at all? You should keep in mind that documentation has a dual purpose – to coach your employee and to support your case that termination was your only option when you have exhausted all other possible options.

Who will benefit?

  • Human resource professionals.
  • Supervisors.
  • Human resource generalists.
  • In-house counsel

Price Details

Recorded

$179 Recording

$179 Transcript

$189 Digital Download

$189 DVD

$199 Flash Drive

Combo

$359 Recording & Transcript

Refund Policy

Live: One Dial-in One Attendee

Corporate Live: Any number of participants

Recorded: Access recorded version, only for one participant unlimited viewing for 6 months ( Access information will be emailed 24 hours after the completion of live webinar)

Corporate Recorded: Access recorded version, Any number of participants unlimited viewing for 6 months ( Access information will be emailed 24 hours after the completion of live webinar)

Speaker Profile
Susan Fahey Desmond

Susan Fahey Desmond is the Keynote Speaker at Compliance Key, Inc. She is a Principal in the New Orleans, Louisiana office of Jackson Lewis P.C.Ms. Desmond, who maintains an active practice in both Louisiana and Mississippi, specializes in the areas of labor and employment and civil litigation, including representing employers in Family and Medical Leave cases,discrimination claims relative to age, sex, disability, race,religion, and sexual harassment, and handling EEOC charges and other administrative complaints through the administrative and judicial process.

Ms. Desmond also routinely counsels clients on a variety of employment practices, including employment contracts and employee handbooks and policies. She conducts employee training seminars, harassment investigations, and frequently speaks on employment-related topics for groups such as The Society for Human Resources Management, Compliance Online, and other management organizations