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New Jersey
70 Grand Avenue
River Edge, NJ 07661
tel. +1 201.343.3434
fax +1 201.343.6306
jdaitz@pecklaw.com
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Jeffrey
M.
Daitz
is a
partner
and
the
Co-Chair
of
Peckar
&
Abramson's
Labor
Relations
and
Employment
Law
Department.
As
the
Director
of
the
Department’s
Employment
Practices
Group,
Mr.
Daitz
handles
defense
and
oversight
of
Employment
Practices
Liability
and
Directors
&
Officers
claims
through
insurance
coverage,
and
monitors
EPLI/D&O
claims
on
behalf
of
carriers.
He
also
coordinates
local
and
co-counsel
in
multiparty
and
multijurisdictional
litigation.
Mr.
Daitz
has
extensive
experience
litigating
employment
discrimination,
harassment,
whistleblowing,
retaliation,
wrongful
discharge,
defamation,
misappropriation,
and
other
employment-related
cases
before
federal
and
state
courts
at
both
the
trial
and
appellate
levels.
He
handles
mediations
and
arbitrations
in
alternative
dispute
resolution
forums,
defends
administrative
proceedings
before
the
EEOC
and
other
federal,
state,
and
local
fair
employment
practice
agencies,
and
defends
wage/hour
audits
and
other
regulatory
compliance
investigations
before
federal
and
state
departments
of
labor.
He
also
represents
employers
in
labor-management
disputes,
including
collective
bargaining
negotiations
and
grievance
arbitrations.
Mr.
Daitz
provides
clients
with
day-to-day
management
counseling
on a
wide
range
of
employment
issues,
including
employee
policies,
contracts,
discipline,
terminations,
leaves
of
absence,
accommodations,
complaints,
investigations,
benefits,
confidential
information,
noncompete
agreements,
company
reorganizations,
and
executive
compensation.
He
also
advises
clients
on
issues
affecting
loss
control,
compliance,
and
risk
management,
such
as
by
providing
employment
practices
audits.
Mr.
Daitz
conducts
seminars
on
best
workplace
practices,
corporate
diversity,
sexual
harassment
investigations,
and
regulatory
compliance,
which
are
designed
to
not
only
provide
effective
training
for
human
resources
and
management
personnel,
but
also
for
educational
purposes
at
CLE
and
other
presentations.
Mr.
Daitz
is
admitted
to
practice
in
New
Jersey,
New
York,
and
Pennsylvania.
He
is a
member
of
the
Labor
and
Employment
Law
Sections
of
the
New
Jersey,
New
York,
and
Pennsylvania
State
Bar
Associations,
and
of
the
American
Bar
Association,
where
he
serves
as a
contributing
author
to
the
Subcommittees
on
the
Family
and
Medical
Leave
Act
and
Federal
Labor
Standards
Legislation
and
to
the
Newsletter
on
ADR
in
Labor
and
Employment
Law.
He
is
also
a
member
of
Professional
Liability
Underwriters
Society
and
The
Defense
Research
Institute,
and
the
co-editor
of
the
firm’s
Labor
Relations
and
Employment
Law
Newsletter.
Mr.
Daitz
received
his
Juris
Doctor
degree
from
Seton
Hall
University
School
of
Law
and
his
Bachelor
of
Arts
degree
in
Business
Administration
from
Temple
University.
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