PLANS to pay more than 100 council workers a £1-per-day bonus just for turning up to work were slammed.
Coun Peter Britcliffe said Hyndburn council's plans to cut absenteeism among it direct labour workers were "immoral".
But highways chairman Ken Curtis said the money would come out of profits, and not from the ratepayers' pockets.
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