Tasmania’s Glamorgan Spring Bay Council has lost its new general manager after just two weeks in the job.

Ian Pearce was made acting general manager of Glamorgan Spring Bay Council just over a fortnight ago, after his predecessor Chris Schroeder resigned.

Mr Schroeder had only been in the top job since August 2019. At the time, the Australian Services Union (ASU) said Mr Schroeder was told he would be fired if he did not quit.

Mr Pearce said union harassment was one of the reasons for his leaving.

“The union's sending emails wanting this and that to be placed on agendas, and all these questions about me,” Mr Pearce told the ABC.

“I'm thinking they're doing this and we've got this virus pandemic going on, and they think this is important because they've got a vendetta against the Mayor?

“It really makes me angry.”

But the union says it has been responding to a spate of council worker resignations, outstanding compensation claims, and questions about Mr Pearce's ratepayer-funded stay at a bed and breakfast operation run by Mayor Debbie Wisby’s sister-in-law.

The union previously alleged the Mayor has made staff feel bullied and harassed.

The council been found non-compliant with the Local Government Act on several counts, and has been ordered to come up with new guidelines for how the mayor, councillors and council staff should interact.

Aaron De La Torre from the Australian Services Union said the union only wants transparency from the council.

“We do have a problem with the way the council is running,” Mr La Torre said.

“I wouldn't call it a vendetta, I'd suggest we're calling for accountability.

“Whilst the problems remain, we'll be supporting our members 100 per cent of the way.”

The state’s Minister for Local Government Mark Shelton says the department is watching.

“The general manager position is an operational matter for the council to manage,” Mr Shelton said.

“The Director of Local Government and I continue to monitor the situation closely to ensure that essential services are being delivered, the council is addressing the requirements of the Local Government Act 1993, and the council is meeting the expectations of the Glamorgan Spring Bay community.”