Areas of Practice
News & Events
Areas of Practice
Construction Law
Labor and Employment Law
Education
J.D.,
University of Oklahoma, 1982
- The Order of the Coif, Member
- Research Editor, Oklahoma Law Journal
M.A.,
Rutgers University, 1978
B.A.,
Rutgers University, 1975
Bar Admissions
Oklahoma, 1982
Ohio, 1985
New Jersey, 1987
New York, 1991
Court Admissions
U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1982
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma, 1983
U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma, 1983
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1983
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 1985
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1987
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1987
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1993
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, , 1993
U.S. Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2001
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2005
U.S. Supreme Court, 2006
U.S. Western District of New York, 2006
Professional Affiliations
American Bar Association
- Member, Litigation Section
- Member, Labor and Employment Law Section
- Labor and Employment Research Association
New Jersey State Bar Association
- Executive Committee Member, Labor and Employment Law Section
New York State Bar Association
Oklahoma Bar Association
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Jed L. Marcus Member
New Jersey
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New York
Tel: 973.514.1200 | Direct: 973.966.9678 Fax: 973.514.1660 jmarcus@bressler.com |
Jed L. Marcus chairs the firm's Labor and Employment Law practice group. He represents employers throughout the United States on all types of employment and labor relations matters. He is well known for his vigorous and successful representation of employers in employment and labor litigation, both in court, and before the National Labor Relations Board, including matters involving employment discrimination, non-competition and trade secret protection, Taft Hartley and ERISA, wage and hour, and class and collective actions. Mr. Marcus regularly counsels employers on employment discrimination, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, NLRB matters, wage and hour, executive compensation, the protection of trade secrets, ERISA and benefits, and Title VII compliance. He conducts investigations into harassment, discrimination, and whistleblower claims, and regularly trains supervisors and employees on labor and employment matters. Mr. Marcus has authored numerous articles on employment and labor law. He is also a frequent speaker and panelist at seminars and workshops.
News & Events
Firm Announcements
Bressler Hosts Breakfast Seminar - Health Care Reform: Its Impact on Employers and Employee Sponsored Health Plans
Bressler Hosts Construction Law Seminar
Bressler Hosts Labor and Employment Breakfast Seminar
Bressler Hosts Labor and Employment Breakfast Seminar
Ten Bressler, Amery & Ross Attorneys Selected as 2009 New Jersey Super Lawyers
Jed L. Marcus to speak at NJSBA Annual Labor & Employment Law Forum
Jed L. Marcus Authors New Jersey Law Journal Commentary Entitled, "Employee 'Free Choice' Act: The Ultimate Union Bailout".
Jed L. Marcus selected as a 2008 Corporate Counsel Super Lawyer
Seven Bressler, Amery & Ross Attorneys Selected as 2008 New Jersey Super Lawyers
Seven Bressler, Amery & Ross Attorneys Selected as 2007 New Jersey Super Lawyers
Speaking Engagements
Health Care Reform: Its Impact on Employers and Employee Sponsored Health Plans Hot Topics In Construction Industry Law - 2010 Hot Topics In Labor And Employment Law What Every Employer Needs to Know in 2009: Recent Developments in Human Resources Hot Tips in Labor and Employment Law: 2000 The Association of Trial Lawyers of America Boardwalk Seminar 2009 The New Jersey State Bar Association Annual Labor and Employment Law Forum The ADP 2009 Human Capital Management Seminar Managing Your Workforce in Difficult Economic Times: Legal Considerations of Downsizing Boardwalk Seminar of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, New Jersey Emerging Trends in Labor and Employment Law - 2008 60th Annual Conference of the Labor and Employment Relations Association Annual Conference of the Tennessee Employment Relations Association (“Terra”) The Annual Hot Tips in Labor And Employment Law Forum “Ethical Issues for Employment Lawyers” Civil Unions Under New Jersey Law The Annual Labor Law Forum – “Issues of Privilege and Waiver in Workplace Investigations” Retaliation and the Workplace: Investigating the Whistleblower Retaliation Claim 59th Annual Conference of Labor and Employment Relations AssociationPublications
New Jersey Law JournalEmployee "Free Choice" Act: The Ultimate Union Bailout
New Jersey Law JournalDiversity at the Crossroads: Corporate Clients Cannot Dictate the Race and Gender of their Attorneys
New Jersey Law JournalPlaintiffs in Glass Houses Cannot Claim Discrimination
New Jersey Labor and Employment Law QuarterlyThe Worker Freedom from Employer Intimidation Act: Panacea or Constitutional Train Wreck? Perspectives on Work
Whistleblower Claims: A New Jersey Perspective
"The NJLAD, Speech Codes, And New Jersey's Assault On The First Amendment," Seton Hall Legislative Law Journal, Vol. 28, No. 2 (2004).
"Department of Labor Impermissibly Expands the Family and Medical Leave Act," New Jersey Law Journal, Vol. 168, No. 6 (May 6, 2002).
"New York and New Jersey Courts Diverge Over Validity of DOL Regulations on FMLA Notification," The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (February, 2002).
"Restrictive Covenants: Protecting Intellectual Property from Dotcom Raiders," Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal, Vol. 12, No. 10 (October, 2000).
"Is a Hair Line Rule Sex Discrimination?" The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (November, 1998).
"Third Circuit Signals End to Hunting Season," N.J.L.J. (1998).
"New Jersey Courts Can Compel Arbitration of State Discrimination Claims Under Labor Contracts," 152 N.J.L.J. 1068 (1998).
"Parties Go for the Gold Against Individual Defendants," N.J.L.J (1996)
"National Identity File Threatens Our Liberty," National Law Journal (November 7, 1994).
"Weighting GATT and NAFTA: A Tale of Two Treaties," Corporate Legal Times, October, 1994.
"Let’s Put the Horse Before the Cart: Giving Meaning and Effect to the Casino Control Act in Representation Elections" 12 Labor and Employment Law Section Newsletter 14 (June, 1989).
"The NLRB and Milwaukee Spring: The Duty to Bargain over Plant Closings and Relocations" 55 Okla. Bar J. 709 (1984).
Note, "What Constitutes Good Cause for Discovery in Oklahoma" 34 Okla. L. Rev. 110 (1981).
Alerts
Labor and Employment Law AlertMassachusetts Restricts Use Of Criminal Convictions On Applications
Labor and Employment Law AlertEmployee Privacy and Computers: The Good News and Not-So-Bad News in New Jersey
Labor and Employment Law AlertContractor Bound To PLA Breached Contract By Assigning Work To Capenters
Labor and Employment Law AlertLaw Against Discrimination Prohibits Sexual Advances By Supplier Against Female Business Owners; FTC Guidelines May Create Company Liability For Employee's Online Endorsements; The New Jersey Supreme Court Lifts The Bar Placed On Public-Interest Attorneys Simultaneously Negotiating Merits And Attorneys' Fees Claims; New York Wage Notification: An Update
Labor and Employment Law AlertRecent Developments In Health Care COBRA And Pensions Dominate Labor And Employment Landscape At Close Of 2009
Labor and Employment Law AlertImportant New Developments In Federal Employment Law
Labor and Employment Law AlertWhat Did You Do On Your Summer Vacation? Labor and Employment Activity Over The Summer Makes For An Engaging Fall
Labor and Employment Law AlertThe EEOC and Caregiver Discrimination: Sex, Race, Disability, and the Creation of a New Protected Class; U.S. Supreme Court Rules Unionized Employees Can Be Compelled to Arbitrate Their Age Discrimination Claims if Their Labor Contracts Contain Clear and Unmistakable Language in Favor of Arbitration; The Department of Labor Issues New Guidance on Compensatory Training Time; Employers Face New Immigration Regulations and Forms
Labor and Employment Law AlertDeepening Recession Continues to Drive Fundamental Changes in Labor and Employment Environment; The Implications of the New York WARN Act; Don't Bet on Your Arbitration Clause Surviving Your Contract; Employees Engaged in the Storage and Delivery of a Retail Business's Merchandise are Entitled to Time-and-a-Half of their Regular Wages for Overtime
Labor and Employment Law AlertNew Jersey High Court Awards Unemployment Benefits to Striking Nurses; FMLA Jury Award Doubled Because Employer Fails to Make Good Faith Inquiry into Law; President Obama Signs New Law Creating Additional Rights to Recovery for Employees Claiming Discriminatory Pay; Supreme Court Protects from Retaliation Comments Made During an Employer's Internal Discrimination Investigation; "Hands Off The Rat," Declares New Jersey High Court
Business Litigation AlertNew Jersey High Court Clarifies Burden on "Common Law" Whistleblowers; New Jersey Supreme Court Rules on Title Insurance Coverage
Labor and Employment Law AlertNew Jersey High Court Clarifies Burden on "Common Law" Whistleblowers; Employers Who Remove Wage and Hour Claims to Superior Court are Entitled to a Jury Trial; Federal Contractors Must Use E-Verify
Labor and Employment Law AlertEmployers and Employees Threatened By Proposed Employee "Free Choice" Act
Labor and Employment Law AlertNew Jersey Supreme Court Clarifies Standard For Religious Discrimination Claims; New York Enacts "Broadcast Employees Freedom To Work Act"; New York Enacts The New York State Worker Adjustment And Retraining Notification Act; Bressler Defeats Wrongful Discharge Claim After Six Day Jury Trial
Labor and Employment Law AlertNew Jersey Jury Awards Fired Employee $10.7M for Age Discrimination; New Jersey Supreme Court Explains Narrow Scope of Individual Liability Under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination; and New York High Court Issues Wage and Hour Decision Favorable to Employers on the Issue of Commissions Calculation. Labor and Employment Law Alert
New Jersey District Court Holds That Mandatory Alcohol Screening of Alcoholic Employees Is Not Discriminatory; New York Enacts New Law to Protect Social Security Numbers; President Signs Bill Outlawing Genetic Testing Bias; The Employer's Fiduciary Obligation Under ERISA; and Fines for I-9 Violations Raised Effective March 27, 2008. Labor and Employment Law Alert
New Jersey Family Leave Act Allows Paid Leave to Employees; New Jersey Enacts Broad Religious Accommodation Law; and Florida Enacts New Gun Law Trumping Employer Bans on Guns in the Workplace. Labor and Employment Law Alert
FLMA Amendments – Expanded Protections for Military Families; New IRS Ruling Makes Certain Severance Payments Non-Deductible for Publicly Traded Employers; Department of Labor Proposes Rule Changes to Family Medical Leave Act
Labor and Employment Law AlertNew York Employers Must Now Have Written Agreements for Commissioned Salespersons; NLRB Holds Employer Can Prohibit Employees From Using E-mail System for Organizing; FedEx Doesn't Deliver on Employee/Independent Contractor Distinction - Fined $319 Million; School Boards Need Not Arbitrate the Terminations of Certain Employees Labor and Employment Law Alert
Want a Jury Trial? Just Don’t Exercise Your Right to Arbitrate at the Onset of a Lawsuit
Labor and Employment Law AlertEmployers Required to Use New Immigration Form I-9 When Hiring Employees on or after November 7, 2007
Published Decisions
Farmland Dairies, Inc. v. Milk Drivers & Dairy Employees Union Local 680, 956 F. Supp. 1190 (D.N.J. 1997).Jones v. Jersey City Medical Center, 20 F. Supp 2d 770 (D. N.J. 1998).
Johnson-Memoli v. ADT Corporation, 1998 WL 352591 (S.D.N.Y. 1998).
Layne v. ADT Corporation, 1999 WL 58674 (S.D.N.Y. 1999).
Azrelyant v. B. Manischewitz Co., 2000 WL 264345 (E.D.N.Y. 2000).
LoPresti v. Merson, 2001 WL 1132051 (S.D.N.Y. 2001).
Brennan v. Bally Total Fitness, 198 F. Supp. 2d 377 (S.D.N.Y. 2002).
Mattina, Regional Director, Region 2, NLRB v. Duane Reade, Inc., 2005 WL 1349855 (S.D.N.Y. 2005).
Gacina v. Jersey City Medical Center, 178 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 3010 (D. N.J. 2006).
Jalil v. Avdel Corporation, 873 F. 2d 701 (3rd Cir. 1989).
Woods-Pirozzi v. Nabisco Foods, 290 N.J. Super 252 (App. Div. 1996).
Rivera v. Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino, 305 N.J. Super 596 (App. Div. 1997).
Michael v. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, 2006 WL 1133288 (App. Div. 2006).
Bahamondes v. ITW Mark-Tex, Inc., 2006 WL 1950902 (3rd Cir. 2006).
Riddle v. Liz Claiborne, Inc, 2006 WL 3057289 (S.D.N.Y. 2006).
Sierra v. Bally Total Fitness Corp, 2007 WL 1028937(E.D.N.Y.,2007).
Raia v. Illinois Tool Works Inc, 2007 WL 4565139 (E.D.N.Y.,2007).