We're still unhappy, say junior doctors

Mon, Dec 24th 2018, 11:09 AM

 

DAYS after the Bahamas Doctors Union agreed to call off strike action to negotiate over outstanding holiday pay, junior doctors said the Public Hospitals Authority’s offer of $1.80 per hour was not generous but below minimum wage.
The BDU further disagreed with Health Minister Dr Duane Sands’ assertion that junior doctors’ compensation packages were equivalent to $80,000. The union said the net pay of a junior is closer to some $30,000 less...

DAYS after the Bahamas Doctors Union agreed to call off strike action to negotiate over outstanding holiday pay, junior doctors said the Public Hospitals Authority’s offer of $1.80 per hour was not generous but below minimum wage.

The BDU further disagreed with Health Minister Dr Duane Sands’ assertion that junior doctors’ compensation packages were equivalent to $80,000. The union said the net pay of a junior is closer to some $30,000 less...

 

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