Politicians in the Isle of Man have backed a move to avoid compulsory redundancies within the Manx government and its statutory boards.
Tynwald unanimously supported an amendment from Malew and Santon MHK Graham Cregeen to explore all avenues to retain and redeploy staff whose posts were under threat.
It followed a similar call from North Douglas MHK Bill Henderson, who was unhappy over the five recent redundancies among railway workers at the Department of Community, Culture and Leisure.
During the debate there was criticism of how those lay-offs were handled, and Leisure Minister David Cretney is vowing to find out more:
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