Amy Traub

I am the Group Chair for the National Labor & Employment Practice Group at BakerHostetler. I am an employment advisor and litigator, focusing my practice on the full array of employment law matters in all industries, particularly in the healthcare and retail industries. I regularly advise clients on a wide variety of employment-related issues, with a focus on the avoidance of litigation. This focus includes issues surrounding the recruitment and hiring of employees, background checks, employee discipline and terminations, employee leaves of absence, disability and religious accommodation issues, wage and hour law, layoffs and reductions-in-force, and other facets of the employer-employee relationship. I conduct human resources and wage and hour audits, and draft and revise various types of employment policies and procedures, employee handbooks, manuals and employment agreements, including separation/severance, noncompete, non-solicitation and settlement agreements. I also provide workplace training seminars for human resources personnel, management and employees on employee relations issues and laws. In addition to counseling clients, I regularly litigate in federal and state court and before administrative agencies, representing employers on various employment-related issues, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour law, background checks, leaves of absence and disability/religious accommodation issues. In addition, I frequently write and speak on employment-related topics, such as wage and hour law, sexual harassment, employment discrimination, the investigation of harassment/discrimination/retaliation complaints, background checks and workplace violence.