Tribune Half Answers Health Insurance Audit Question

Word from LAT overlords at Tribune have done little to quell the concern newsroom folks have over potentially losing health insurance coverage for their spouses and children.

The anxiety follows an audit schemed up by Mercer, a consultant hired by Tribune, which suggested one cost-cutting measure for the company was to rid itself of all the pesky “fake” dependents employees list on their health insurance coverage.

The mood is best summed up in a series of e-mails between Sacto reporter Jordan Rau and Irene Sewell, VP/Compensation and Benefits for Tribune, which bear the subject line “Mercer Dependent Audit Ineptitude.”

Jordan: Luis forwarded me your note.

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