Caroline B. Galiatsos

Caroline Galiatsos is counsel in Goodwin’s Employment practice. Caroline advises clients on a wide range of employment matters, including hiring practices, employee separations, pay equity, restrictive covenants and compliance with employment laws. She also has experience conducting workplace investigations, negotiating and drafting executive employment and separation agreements, representing clients in employment discrimination proceedings at governmental agencies and counseling on employment-related aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Caroline joined Goodwin in 2016.

Caroline works closely with clients on executive employment agreements, including in the context of initial public offerings, as well as on separation and transition agreements with a focus on facilitating smooth transitions in the workplace.

Caroline has worked with numerous clients to conduct self-evaluations of their pay practices pursuant to the Massachusetts Equal Pay Act. She also conducts pay equity trainings and advises clients on gender pay equity matters.

She routinely counsels clients on drafting and enforcing restrictive covenants agreements, including noncompetition agreements. Caroline also advises on general employment matters regarding hiring, transitioning, reductions-in-force and worker classification, and she has experience drafting offer letters, employment agreements, separation agreements, severance and change in control plans and general employment policies.

Her practice also involves conducting workplace investigations, including into harassment and discrimination allegations. Caroline has represented clients at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, as well as in private mediations. She also provides anti-harassment and respectful workplace trainings for clients.

Caroline maintains an active pro bono practice that includes counseling nonprofit organizations on employment matters and representing a juvenile in immigration proceedings.

Caroline was a summer associate at Goodwin in 2015. Prior to joining Goodwin, Caroline interned at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and the Office of the General Counsel of Boston University.

Caroline was named a Distinguished Scholar at Boston University School of Law, where she also received the William L. & Lillian Berger Achievement Prize for outstanding academic and scholarly work. She also served as the senior note development editor of the Boston University Law Review.

Caroline is a member of the Boston Bar Association.

Caroline was a member of the Goodwin team that was recognized for their leading role in the T-Mobile and Sprint merger, which was named Deal of the Year (Large Cap) by The Deal Awards 2021.

Caroline’s recent publications include:

• Co-author, “EEOC Releases Updated COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance for Employers,” Goodwin Client Alert, June 1, 2021
• Co-author, “Mitigating Risks after Reopening in the U.S.: What to Do When an Employee Who Has Returned to the Workplace Has Symptoms of, Tests Positive for or Has Been Exposed to COVID-19,” Goodwin Client Alert, June 16, 2020
• Co-author, “Preparing For Re-Entry: Key Considerations For Returning Employees To The Workplace Amid The COVID-19 Crisis,” Goodwin Client Alert, April 19, 2020
• Co-author, “Massachusetts Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Goes Into Effect on April 1, 2018,” Goodwin Client Alert, March 28, 2018
• Author, “Beyond Joint Employer Status: A New Analysis for Employers’ Unfair Labor Practice Liability under the NLRA,” 95 B.U.L. Rev. 2083, 2015