Up to 900 staff at Aberdeen City Council are facing compulsory redundancy, it has been confirmed.
It comes after unions rejected plans to ask workers earning more than £21,000 to take a voluntary 5% pay cut.
The council hoped the 5% pay cut would fund voluntary severance packages for hundreds of workers. Staff will be briefed on the redundancies next week.
Aberdeen City Council has approved plans to cut £120m from its budget over the next five years.
In a letter, staff representatives were told that after the proposed 5% pay cut was rejected by the unions the proposal would be withdrawn.
The council spokesman added: “In accordance with the decision at council this means that voluntary severance/early retirement in terms of the council’s discretionary scheme will not be applied and all redundancies will be compulsory.
“Where the option is a stop or closure all employed in an establishment/unit or defined service will be those selected for redundancy.
“The staff in the selection pools will be briefed on the process, as will be the managers.”
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