Former Ambulance Victoria senior manager Tracey Tobias says the sexism she experienced in her job was so bad it destroyed her mental health, self-confidence and professional self-esteem. | EXCLUSIVE wtuohy davidestcourt
Tobias claims in legal documents filed with the Federal Circuit Court that she experienced sexist comments in her everyday working life, including from her boss, executive director Michael Stephenson.
“Our client has been punished for calling out Ambulance Victoria’s discriminatory workplace culture,” he said. “The court claims raise questions about what is happening at the very top of AV’s senior leadership structures.” Her action comes after the second half of a Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission inquiry into the culture at Ambulance Victoria, released in March, found an alpha-male culture endures and
Ambulance Victoria board chair Ken Lay asked for the inquiry after many allegations of serious misconduct against women at work wereSome paramedics said the treatment caused them to consider suicide; 12 paramedics alleged sexual assaults at work. Ambulance Victoria referred two men to police for alleged sexual assault.
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