Almost £17m has been spent on making staff at Middlesbrough Council redundant in the past six years.
A report to be presented to the council’s Executive tomorrow shows that 869 staff have been made redundant since 2009/2010.
Of the £16,977,600 the authority has paid out, around £15.75m was spent on voluntary redundancy or early retirement schemes.
These schemes, according to the report, have been an “effective mechanism to avoid compulsory redundancy sitatuations arising” – with 84% of all redundancies since 2011 being on a voluntary basis.
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