Audiologists in 26 Victorian public health services are providing only the duties explicitly required of them, withdrawing unpaid overtime and extra work they routinely perform. Image: Simohamed /stock.adobe.com. Audiologist members of the Health Services Union Vic No. 4 Branch from 26 public health services are escalating industrial action in their fight for a gender equity pay rise....
No actionable clinical change; audiologists working in or referring to Victorian public health services should be aware of potential service delays or capacity reductions during the industrial action.
Workforce disputes in public audiology services highlight systemic underfunding and staffing pressures that threaten the sustainability of hearing care access in Australia's public health system.
- 01Audiologists across 26 Victorian public health services are withdrawing unpaid overtime as industrial action.
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