Focus Area
Employment Counseling & Training
Goulston & Storrs partners with employers to manage every stage of the employment relationship with proactive counseling, practical training, and clear compliance guidance.
Clients depend on our Employment Group to help navigate evolving workplace challenges, adapt to changing laws, and foster cultures that promote productivity and minimize risk. Whether developing policies, training leaders, or addressing complex benefits and compensation matters, we work closely with human resources teams, in-house counsel, and leadership to deliver solutions tailored to business objectives and workplace realities.
Investigations
When workplace issues arise, we act quickly and discreetly. Multiple members of our team have completed Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination–certified coursework in conducting compliant investigations, ensuring every process meets the highest legal and ethical standards.
- Handle allegations of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and other misconduct.
- Conduct or manage investigations.
- Provide findings or guidance to bring the situation toward conclusion.
Trainings
We design and deliver practical, engaging employment training programs that help organizations meet legal requirements and strengthen workplace culture. Every session is custom, tailored to your policies, workforce, and industry.
Our Cultural Assessment services often serve as a springboard to these programs—using confidential interviews, comprehensive reporting, and tailored recommendations to uncover workplace dynamics and shape solutions that directly address identified cultural opportunities and challenges.
- Company-wide anti-discrimination training.
- Leadership workshops and day-long management sessions.
- Targeted coaching for individuals or teams.
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
From routine benefits questions to complex compensation structures, we make it simple—partnering with our Tax Group to ensure every plan is cost-effective, compliant, and tax-smart.
- Design and draft benefit plans and related materials, such as plan documents, SPDs, and employee handbooks.
- Advise on cafeteria plans, dependent care, flexible benefits, and premium payment arrangements.
- Guide benefit and compensation issues in corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions.
- Conduct due diligence and COBRA compliance reviews.
- Counsel on 401(k) plan terminations, including those in bankruptcy liquidations.
We also advise on a wide range of executive pay structures, from nonqualified deferred compensation plans (including rabbi and secular trusts) to equity-based incentives for partnerships, LLCs, and corporations. Our experience covers stock option plans, restricted stock, phantom stock, and stock appreciation rights, always keeping business, tax, and financial reporting implications in view.
In every engagement, our goal is to simplify the complex—offering clear explanations of costs and benefits, ensuring compliance, and delivering strategies that motivate key players and support long-term organizational success.
Wage & Hour
We guide employers through the complexities of federal, state, and local wage and hour laws, helping you get pay practices right—and defending you if challenged.
- Compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and state wage laws.
- Employee classification reviews.
- Overtime, minimum wage, and pay equity guidance.
- Defense in litigation or agency investigations.
Expertise
Key Contacts
Joshua M. Davis
Director, Boston
jdavis@goulstonstorrs.com+1 617 574 4110
Elizabeth K. Levine
Director, Boston
elevine@goulstonstorrs.com+1 617 574 6549
Carla A. Reeves
Director, Boston
creeves@goulstonstorrs.com+1 617 574 3853Related Insights
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Goulston & Storrs Director Carla Reeves Joins the American Employment Law Council
March 18, 2025
Press Release
Goulston & Storrs Director Carla Reeves Named a 2025 Go To Employment Lawyer by Mass Lawyers Weekly
February 24, 2025