diff --git a/EmployeeDirectory/Services/MockEmployeeService.swift b/EmployeeDirectory/Services/MockEmployeeService.swift
index 29520c7..a6697a1 100644
--- a/EmployeeDirectory/Services/MockEmployeeService.swift
+++ b/EmployeeDirectory/Services/MockEmployeeService.swift
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ public class MockEmployeeService: EmployeeServiceProtocol {
                              sortField: EmployeeSortField = .fullName,
                              sortOrder: EmployeeSortOrder = .ascending) async throws -> Employees {
         
+        switch serviceMode {
+        case .malformed:
+            throw NetworkServiceError.decodingError(DecodingError.dataCorrupted(.init(codingPath: .init(), debugDescription: "Error decoding")))
+        case .empty:
+            return .init(employees: [], total: 0, page: page, perPage: perPage)
+        default :
+            break
+        }
+        
         //resort mock data
         if sortField != self.sortField || sortOrder != self.sortOrder {
             self.sortField = sortField