The sacking by Braddan Commissioners of their clerk, Charles Lewin, was badly mishandled.
That is the verdict of Mr Lewin's trade union the Transport and General Workers - which accuses the Commissioners of ignoring long-established dismissal procedures.
Earler this week Commissioners' Chairman Margaret Hodge insisted they acted properly in sacking Mr Lewin on the grounds of serious misconduct.
But the T and G's Bernard Moffatt (left) says a Code of Practice drawn-up by the DTI - giving employees safegaurds - appears to have been ignored.
He says whatever the alleged misdemeanour - Braddan has not acted fairly:
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