AMA VICDOC Spring 2023 - Magazine - Page 23
C L ASS ACT I ON
CLASS ACTION WIN
FOR VICTORIAN
JUNIOR DOCTORS
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In a
groundbreaking
class action victory set to
expose the excessive unpaid
hours of junior doctors in our
hospitals, health services across
Victora must now face the
prospect of paying millions
of dollars for wage theft.
The AMA calls upon
junior doctors to
register your interest
and support for this
important campaign
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REGISTER
Court of Australia has
T heruledFederal
that one of Victoria’s largest
The AMA calls upon junior doctors
to register their interest and add their
health services, Peninsula Health,
support for this important campaign.
Hayden Stephens is a lawyer
breached the Fair Work Act when it
representing junior doctors in Victoria
did not pay class action lead applicant,
and across Australia.
Dr Gaby Bolton, for her hours of work
Dr Kate Maxfield is a junior doctor
at Frankston Hospital in 2019 and 2020.
Lawyers Gordon Legal and Hayden
who worked at Eastern Health and has
Stephens and Associates (HSA)
witnessed firsthand the devastating
represented the Australian Salaried Medical effects of long hours for junior doctors.
Kate recently spoke to Hayden about
Officers Federation of Victoria (ASMOF)
and junior doctors in this landmark victory. the recent class action victory.
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