GinaCarosi
Senior Associate
International Employment Law
gcarosi@seyfarth.com
Gina helps clients through what can be a tough, emotional, and long journey arising out of a serious workplace incident—often the first time they have come face-to-face with an equally serious work health and safety regulator.
More About Gina
One of the main challenges businesses face is ongoing compliance with their work health and safety obligations under the various Acts and regulations around Australia. Gina helps guide and advise clients through what can be extremely tough circumstances after a serious workplace incident and beyond, into the aftermath of a prosecution.
Clients look to Gina for advice on immediate incident response management, including engagement of experts, management of investigations, advising in relation to the validity of improvement and prohibition notices, and liaising with the regulator. She also represents clients in relation to prosecutions, such as contested summary hearings, committal hearings, and County Court jury trials and plea hearings. Gina has experience with appeal advice, particularly in the Supreme Court of Victoria, the Court of Appeal, and the High Court of Australia.
Gina has practiced in work health and safety law for 14 years and worked previously as a prosecutor at WorkSafe Victoria, bringing a unique perspective to her work with firsthand knowledge and experience of how health and safety investigations play out.
Gina has comprehensive experience in:
- Management of workplace incidents.
- Navigating the heavy vehicle national laws.
- Providing advice regarding improvement and prohibition notices.
- Providing advice regarding work health and safety duties/obligations;
- Providing advice regarding potential liability and prospects of successfully defending charges.
- Conducting work health and safety prosecutions across most areas of industry, in both the Magistrates Court and County Court of Victoria (via her experience at WorkSafe Victoria).
- Defending work health and safety prosecutions across most areas of industry, in both the Magistrates Court and County Court of Victoria.
Whilst at WorkSafe Victoria, Gina was the prosecutor involved in the bullying case which resulted in changes to stalking laws in Victoria, making bullying a criminal offence, known as Brodie’s law.
Gina's experience as a prosecutor at WorkSafe Victoria gives her the advantage of seeing a prosecution from all angles—understanding how an investigation and subsequent prosecution looks from the other side of the fence.
"I enjoy getting in a fresh brief, ploughing through it and assessing the evidence and then the challenge of trials and the incredible amount of work that goes into preparing for these with our team of Counsel."
Our Australian practice operates as Seyfarth Shaw Australia, an unincorporated legal practice. Legal services provided by Seyfarth Shaw Australia are provided only by the Australian legal practitioner partners and employees of Seyfarth Shaw Australia.
Clients look to Gina for advice on immediate incident response management, including engagement of experts, management of investigations, advising in relation to the validity of improvement and prohibition notices, and liaising with the regulator. She also represents clients in relation to prosecutions, such as contested summary hearings, committal hearings, and County Court jury trials and plea hearings. Gina has experience with appeal advice, particularly in the Supreme Court of Victoria, the Court of Appeal, and the High Court of Australia.
Gina has practiced in work health and safety law for 14 years and worked previously as a prosecutor at WorkSafe Victoria, bringing a unique perspective to her work with firsthand knowledge and experience of how health and safety investigations play out.
Gina has comprehensive experience in:
- Management of workplace incidents.
- Navigating the heavy vehicle national laws.
- Providing advice regarding improvement and prohibition notices.
- Providing advice regarding work health and safety duties/obligations;
- Providing advice regarding potential liability and prospects of successfully defending charges.
- Conducting work health and safety prosecutions across most areas of industry, in both the Magistrates Court and County Court of Victoria (via her experience at WorkSafe Victoria).
- Defending work health and safety prosecutions across most areas of industry, in both the Magistrates Court and County Court of Victoria.
Whilst at WorkSafe Victoria, Gina was the prosecutor involved in the bullying case which resulted in changes to stalking laws in Victoria, making bullying a criminal offence, known as Brodie’s law.
Gina's experience as a prosecutor at WorkSafe Victoria gives her the advantage of seeing a prosecution from all angles—understanding how an investigation and subsequent prosecution looks from the other side of the fence.
"I enjoy getting in a fresh brief, ploughing through it and assessing the evidence and then the challenge of trials and the incredible amount of work that goes into preparing for these with our team of Counsel."
Our Australian practice operates as Seyfarth Shaw Australia, an unincorporated legal practice. Legal services provided by Seyfarth Shaw Australia are provided only by the Australian legal practitioner partners and employees of Seyfarth Shaw Australia.
- BA Law, University of Tasmania
Political Science
- Supreme Court of Tasmania
- Supreme Court of Victoria
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"I want to thank you ... for your assistance while we were conducting the investigation into [worker’s] fall last week. I received comments from a number of people who commented positively on the way you ... conducted the interviews. I appreciated the professionalism of your approach, your considered views and your thoughtful advice in what was a difficult time." —Client feedback, multinational construction and infrastructure company
"I would like to take this opportunity to commend and thank you and your team, and the team at [client], on the professionalism and commitment shown throughout the development of the EU [enforceable undertaking] proposal. The EU itself is looking great and although we cannot guarantee the final decision, I am confident that we have covered everything that we can within the proposal to ensure your client has the best chance to progress." —Regulator feedback, from the enforceable undertakings program with Workplace Health and Safety Queensland, Department of Justice and Attorney-General; formerly one of Australia’s largest building and engineering companies
Gina helps clients through what can be a tough, emotional, and long journey arising out of a serious workplace incident—often the first time they have come face-to-face with an equally serious work health and safety regulator.
More About Gina
One of the main challenges businesses face is ongoing compliance with their work health and safety obligations under the various Acts and regulations around Australia. Gina helps guide and advise clients through what can be extremely tough circumstances after a serious workplace incident and beyond, into the aftermath of a prosecution.
Clients look to Gina for advice on immediate incident response management, including engagement of experts, management of investigations, advising in relation to the validity of improvement and prohibition notices, and liaising with the regulator. She also represents clients in relation to prosecutions, such as contested summary hearings, committal hearings, and County Court jury trials and plea hearings. Gina has experience with appeal advice, particularly in the Supreme Court of Victoria, the Court of Appeal, and the High Court of Australia.
Gina has practiced in work health and safety law for 14 years and worked previously as a prosecutor at WorkSafe Victoria, bringing a unique perspective to her work with firsthand knowledge and experience of how health and safety investigations play out.
Gina has comprehensive experience in:
- Management of workplace incidents.
- Navigating the heavy vehicle national laws.
- Providing advice regarding improvement and prohibition notices.
- Providing advice regarding work health and safety duties/obligations;
- Providing advice regarding potential liability and prospects of successfully defending charges.
- Conducting work health and safety prosecutions across most areas of industry, in both the Magistrates Court and County Court of Victoria (via her experience at WorkSafe Victoria).
- Defending work health and safety prosecutions across most areas of industry, in both the Magistrates Court and County Court of Victoria.
Whilst at WorkSafe Victoria, Gina was the prosecutor involved in the bullying case which resulted in changes to stalking laws in Victoria, making bullying a criminal offence, known as Brodie’s law.
Gina's experience as a prosecutor at WorkSafe Victoria gives her the advantage of seeing a prosecution from all angles—understanding how an investigation and subsequent prosecution looks from the other side of the fence.
"I enjoy getting in a fresh brief, ploughing through it and assessing the evidence and then the challenge of trials and the incredible amount of work that goes into preparing for these with our team of Counsel."
Our Australian practice operates as Seyfarth Shaw Australia, an unincorporated legal practice. Legal services provided by Seyfarth Shaw Australia are provided only by the Australian legal practitioner partners and employees of Seyfarth Shaw Australia.
Clients look to Gina for advice on immediate incident response management, including engagement of experts, management of investigations, advising in relation to the validity of improvement and prohibition notices, and liaising with the regulator. She also represents clients in relation to prosecutions, such as contested summary hearings, committal hearings, and County Court jury trials and plea hearings. Gina has experience with appeal advice, particularly in the Supreme Court of Victoria, the Court of Appeal, and the High Court of Australia.
Gina has practiced in work health and safety law for 14 years and worked previously as a prosecutor at WorkSafe Victoria, bringing a unique perspective to her work with firsthand knowledge and experience of how health and safety investigations play out.
Gina has comprehensive experience in:
- Management of workplace incidents.
- Navigating the heavy vehicle national laws.
- Providing advice regarding improvement and prohibition notices.
- Providing advice regarding work health and safety duties/obligations;
- Providing advice regarding potential liability and prospects of successfully defending charges.
- Conducting work health and safety prosecutions across most areas of industry, in both the Magistrates Court and County Court of Victoria (via her experience at WorkSafe Victoria).
- Defending work health and safety prosecutions across most areas of industry, in both the Magistrates Court and County Court of Victoria.
Whilst at WorkSafe Victoria, Gina was the prosecutor involved in the bullying case which resulted in changes to stalking laws in Victoria, making bullying a criminal offence, known as Brodie’s law.
Gina's experience as a prosecutor at WorkSafe Victoria gives her the advantage of seeing a prosecution from all angles—understanding how an investigation and subsequent prosecution looks from the other side of the fence.
"I enjoy getting in a fresh brief, ploughing through it and assessing the evidence and then the challenge of trials and the incredible amount of work that goes into preparing for these with our team of Counsel."
Our Australian practice operates as Seyfarth Shaw Australia, an unincorporated legal practice. Legal services provided by Seyfarth Shaw Australia are provided only by the Australian legal practitioner partners and employees of Seyfarth Shaw Australia.
- BA Law, University of Tasmania
Political Science
- Supreme Court of Tasmania
- Supreme Court of Victoria
Related Services
Related Regions
Related News & Insights
"I want to thank you ... for your assistance while we were conducting the investigation into [worker’s] fall last week. I received comments from a number of people who commented positively on the way you ... conducted the interviews. I appreciated the professionalism of your approach, your considered views and your thoughtful advice in what was a difficult time." —Client feedback, multinational construction and infrastructure company
"I would like to take this opportunity to commend and thank you and your team, and the team at [client], on the professionalism and commitment shown throughout the development of the EU [enforceable undertaking] proposal. The EU itself is looking great and although we cannot guarantee the final decision, I am confident that we have covered everything that we can within the proposal to ensure your client has the best chance to progress." —Regulator feedback, from the enforceable undertakings program with Workplace Health and Safety Queensland, Department of Justice and Attorney-General; formerly one of Australia’s largest building and engineering companies