THREE of Scotland's biggest councils have paid out £164,000 in compensation cash to their own workers over the past two years.
Payments included £5000 to an employee who was injured after slipping on ice while pulling a wheelie bin and almost £8000 to a worker who fell down a manhole. The payouts are among dozens handed out by Edinburgh, Glasgow and Stirling since 2010.
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