The Metropolis

Greenwich council spends £500,000 sacking 12 staffers in the name of austerity, only to replace them

Darren Atwater | Wednesday 6 October, 2010 13:44

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Nigel Freeman photo

In a stellar piece of reporting from the Greenwich Newsshopper, the paper discovered that Greenwich council sacked 12 members of the human resources staff as a cost saving measure, soaking taxpayers £509, 059. Of course, one cannot manage thousands of employees without an HR department, so the council hired 11 new positions, for an annual salary cost of £402, 486. We Govern by Serving indeed.

Council spent £500,000 making HR staff redundant only to replace them [Greenwich Newsshopper]

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