21 Mar Jacqueline Voronov
Jacqueline Voronov is a Partner in the firm’s office in Saddle Brook, New Jersey, and she represents management in a wide variety of employment matters and litigating employment claims before administrative agencies and state and federal courts. Her clients include major hotels, retailers, shipping companies, assisted living facilities/nursing homes, manufacturers, and national fast-food franchisees.
Jacqueline’s litigation experience includes the defense of employers in single and multi plaintiff actions on claims of wrongful discharge, sexual harassment, race, national origin, gender, disability and age discrimination, breach of contract, family medical leave, failure to accommodate, retaliation, wage/hour laws, and related tort claims. Jacqueline also works with her clients to prepare various employment agreements (including non-compete, confidentiality, independent contractor and separation agreements). She has extensive experience before various administrative tribunals, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the State Division of Human Rights (SDHR), Division of Civil Rights (DCR), as well as other state, federal and local agencies.
In addition, Jacqueline frequently conducts management training for employers on a wide variety of employment law topics, such as:
- EEO/anti-harassment
- employee recruiting and hiring practices
- family and medical leave
- reasonable accommodations for disabilities and religion
- preventing and investigating harassment, discrimination and whistleblower claims
- wage and hour compliance
- discipline and termination of employees
- privacy in the workplace
Jacqueline is regularly invited to speak nationally on best practices and other employment-related issues. Before joining the firm, she worked for one of the country’s largest law firms, where she defended employers in a wide range of labor and employment matters, including wage and hour class actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), claims related to the New York State Human Rights Law (NSHRL), the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD), the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA) and Title VII.
Jacqueline was selected for inclusion as a New Jersey Super Lawyers “Rising Star” for six consecutive years (2010-2016), which honors the top 2.5% of young lawyers in New Jersey.
ADMITTED
- State of New Jersey
- State of New York
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for New Jersey
- U.S. District Court for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
EDUCATION
- J.D., New England School of Law
- B.S., Pennsylvania State University
PUBLICATIONS
- “Unionization Efforts in the Time of Covid-19,” co-authored with Ryan Rivas, Esq., Tampa Bay Business Journal, April 2021
- “Can Employers Mandate Arbitration of NJLAD Claims? The Monmouth County Superior Court Says Yes,” co-written with Joseph Keane, HBS Employment Updates Blog, March 2021
- “Employer-Mandated Vaccination of the Health Care Workforce to Mitigate the COVID-19 Pandemic,” co-authored with Jeffrey Daitz, Esq. and Patt Mullen, October 2020
- “New York Federal Judge Strikes Down Several Key Parts Of COVID-19 Paid Leave Regulation Including The Definition Of ‘Health Care Provider,’” HBS Employment Updates Blog, August 2020
- “The Health Care Provider Exemption To Emergency Paid Sick Leave In The Families First Coronavirus Act,” HBS Employment Updates Blog, April 2020
- “What Is Really In Congress’ Emergency Coronavirus Bill? Here’s What You Need To Know,” HBS Employment Updates Blog, March 2020
- “Coronavirus and the Workplace: Fast Facts For Employers,” HBS Employment Updates Blog, March 2020
- “Healthcare Employers’ Title VII Obligations To Prevent And Remedy Harassment And Discrimination Extends To Patients,” HBS Employment Updates Blog, November 2019
- “New Jersey’s Wage Theft Act Just Stiffened Fines And Penalties Against Employers That Don’t Pay Proper Wages — A Lot!,” HBS Employment Updates Blog, August 2019
- “New York Lawmakers Have Passed Stricter Workplace Harassment Laws (Again) Making It Easier To Bring Claims,” HBS Employment Updates Blog, June 2019
- “New Jersey Has Outlawed Confidentiality Provisions In Employment Discrimination Settlements,” HBS Employment Updates Blog, April 2019
- “New Jersey Becomes Tenth State to Provide Workers with Paid Sick Leave,” 2018 publication.
MEMBERSHIPS
- Bergen County Bar Association
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
Recognitions
- Named a “Rising Star” by New Jersey Super Lawyers for six consecutive years
Presentations
- Getting Out of The Weeds: An Employer’s Guide to Navigating Marijuana Laws and the Workplace, New Jersey Leading Age Conference, June 12, 2019.
- “How to Prevent #MeToo from Becoming #YouToo,” a presentation at the 2018 Marcum Construction Summit.
DOL Publishes Long Overdue COVID Safety Rules For Health Care Settings
Partners Ryan Rivas and Jacqueline Voronov published in the Tampa Bay Business Journal
Can Employers Mandate Arbitration of NJLAD Claims? The Monmouth County Superior Court Says Yes
“Employers in Wait-and-See Mode Over Possible DOL Guidance on Refusal to Work,” Society for Human Resource Management
Saddle Brooke Partner Jacqueline Voronov Quoted In Article About Employees’ Rights to Refuse Unsafe Work and Still Receive Unemployment Compensation
New York Federal Judge Strikes Down Several Key Parts of COVID-19 Paid Leave Regulation Including The Definition of “Health Care Provider”
Jacqueline Voronov is a Partner in the firm’s office in Saddle Brook, New Jersey, and she represents management in a wide variety of employment matters and litigating employment claims before administrative agencies and state and federal courts. Her clients include major hotels, retailers, shipping companies, assisted living facilities/nursing homes, manufacturers, and national fast-food franchisees.
Jacqueline’s litigation experience includes the defense of employers in single and multi plaintiff actions on claims of wrongful discharge, sexual harassment, race, national origin, gender, disability and age discrimination, breach of contract, family medical leave, failure to accommodate, retaliation, wage/hour laws, and related tort claims. Jacqueline also works with her clients to prepare various employment agreements (including non-compete, confidentiality, independent contractor and separation agreements). She has extensive experience before various administrative tribunals, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the State Division of Human Rights (SDHR), Division of Civil Rights (DCR), as well as other state, federal and local agencies.
In addition, Jacqueline frequently conducts management training for employers on a wide variety of employment law topics, such as:
- EEO/anti-harassment
- employee recruiting and hiring practices
- family and medical leave
- reasonable accommodations for disabilities and religion
- preventing and investigating harassment, discrimination and whistleblower claims
- wage and hour compliance
- discipline and termination of employees
- privacy in the workplace
Jacqueline is regularly invited to speak nationally on best practices and other employment-related issues. Before joining the firm, she worked for one of the country’s largest law firms, where she defended employers in a wide range of labor and employment matters, including wage and hour class actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), claims related to the New York State Human Rights Law (NSHRL), the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD), the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA) and Title VII.
Jacqueline was selected for inclusion as a New Jersey Super Lawyers “Rising Star” for six consecutive years (2010-2016), which honors the top 2.5% of young lawyers in New Jersey.
ADMITTED
- State of New Jersey
- State of New York
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for New Jersey
- U.S. District Court for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
EDUCATION
- J.D., New England School of Law
- B.S., Pennsylvania State University
PUBLICATIONS
- “Unionization Efforts in the Time of Covid-19,” co-authored with Ryan Rivas, Esq., Tampa Bay Business Journal, April 2021
- “Can Employers Mandate Arbitration of NJLAD Claims? The Monmouth County Superior Court Says Yes,” co-written with Joseph Keane, HBS Employment Updates Blog, March 2021
- “Employer-Mandated Vaccination of the Health Care Workforce to Mitigate the COVID-19 Pandemic,” co-authored with Jeffrey Daitz, Esq. and Patt Mullen, October 2020
- “New York Federal Judge Strikes Down Several Key Parts Of COVID-19 Paid Leave Regulation Including The Definition Of ‘Health Care Provider,’” HBS Employment Updates Blog, August 2020
- “The Health Care Provider Exemption To Emergency Paid Sick Leave In The Families First Coronavirus Act,” HBS Employment Updates Blog, April 2020
- “What Is Really In Congress’ Emergency Coronavirus Bill? Here’s What You Need To Know,” HBS Employment Updates Blog, March 2020
- “Coronavirus and the Workplace: Fast Facts For Employers,” HBS Employment Updates Blog, March 2020
- “Healthcare Employers’ Title VII Obligations To Prevent And Remedy Harassment And Discrimination Extends To Patients,” HBS Employment Updates Blog, November 2019
- “New Jersey’s Wage Theft Act Just Stiffened Fines And Penalties Against Employers That Don’t Pay Proper Wages — A Lot!,” HBS Employment Updates Blog, August 2019
- “New York Lawmakers Have Passed Stricter Workplace Harassment Laws (Again) Making It Easier To Bring Claims,” HBS Employment Updates Blog, June 2019
- “New Jersey Has Outlawed Confidentiality Provisions In Employment Discrimination Settlements,” HBS Employment Updates Blog, April 2019
- “New Jersey Becomes Tenth State to Provide Workers with Paid Sick Leave,” 2018 publication.
MEMBERSHIPS
- Bergen County Bar Association
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
Recognitions
- Named a “Rising Star” by New Jersey Super Lawyers for six consecutive years
Presentations
- Getting Out of The Weeds: An Employer’s Guide to Navigating Marijuana Laws and the Workplace, New Jersey Leading Age Conference, June 12, 2019.
- “How to Prevent #MeToo from Becoming #YouToo,” a presentation at the 2018 Marcum Construction Summit.