University Orders Federal Rules Review After Indianapolis Museum of Art Fires Security Staff, Hires Students

Shortly after the Indianapolis Museum of Art made the move last week to fire 53 staff members in an effort to restructure their security, while simultaneously announcing the hiring of students to fill work-study positions at a rate slightly lower than the just-let go staff had made, the university these students were coming from, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, put the breaks on the plan. As reported by the Indianapolis Business Journal, the university’s concern rests in the fact that students may be used to fill positions, but not when a business fires their existing employees to replace them with a less costly workforce.