Saturday, September 10, 2011

Indy | HR note conceding medical coverage error?

I'm interested in an e-mail sent by a human resources representative to some Indianapolis Star employees, acknowledging a mistake in how health care benefits were explained to some people who lost their jobs in the June layoffs. This e-mail was likely sent in late July or early August.

 Got a copy of the e-mail? Please post your replies in the comments section, below. Or write jimhopkins[at]gmail[dot-com]; see Tipsters Anonymous Policy in the rail, upper right.
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10 comments:

  1. Anonymous9/10/2011 12:20 PM

    Can the Indiana Department of Labor - or some state agency be contacted to issue a citation or fine the Star? This is beyond the pale.

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  2. Anonymous9/10/2011 1:07 PM

    Great comment, 12:20. Of course, you will just wait for someone else to do that. Typical.

    This is why journalists will always lose these battles. If they had filed complaints when this kind of thing started, there'd be an established pattern and a paper trail. Instead, we just have a bunch of cowards whining anonymously at a Web site.

    Nothing will ever change that way.

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  3. Anonymous9/10/2011 2:21 PM

    Too true, 1:07. Look at how long Gannett folks have been willing to work for free instead of getting overtime.

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  4. Anonymous9/10/2011 2:52 PM

    A new HR person made a mistake. Too many folks here act like vultures pecking apart an injured animal. They made a mistake, they corrected the error, what you never made a mistake? Bad timing? Yes. Poor process? Yes. Serious issue? Yes. But geez people it was a mistake. Do we have to beat the ceap out of colleagues every time there is a new topic? We've had a Corrections area in every newspaper since the dawn of the industry. It's not like we've never made mistakes.

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  5. Jim Hopkins9/10/2011 2:53 PM

    I'm researching a longer post about a related, broader subject.

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  6. Anonymous9/10/2011 2:58 PM

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  7. Anonymous9/10/2011 3:52 PM

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  8. Anonymous9/10/2011 5:55 PM

    Uh, Jim, why was the post about HR making similar mistakes deleted?

    You are really puzzling with some of your decisions.

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  9. Anonymous9/10/2011 7:56 PM

    Mistakes? Or maybe a new health plan in the offing is what Jim's "broader subject." Wasn't it about this time last year that rumors circulated about Hewitt being dropped. Be prepared: I wonder if more cuts in health coverage coming. Must be a bad Q3 report coming, too.

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  10. Anonymous9/11/2011 5:27 PM

    Big cuts in health care for sure. That's a no brainer. Costs are escallating and have to be paid for some how. It's gonna be gutted to the bone.

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