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WCDT: 2882-2886 (26-30 January 2015)
TRVA123:
How could Dora NOT know if Faye is still covered by her shops insurance?
and is there a legally established procedure for these types of cases? AFAIK there really isn't in the US. The procedure is decided by the employer.
Aziraphale:
--- Quote from: TRVA123 on 29 Jan 2015, 21:42 ---This is where the compartmentalization comes in.
Boss Dora has fired Faye.
Friend Dora is delaying that so that Faye has medical coverage.
Friend Dora does not want Faye to freak out about paying for her hospital visit (since Faye thinks she has lost health coverage).
Friend Dora does not want to see a *potentially unstable hospitalized* Faye and send Faye into an even worse state of anxiety.
Friend Dora has Hanners pass word on to Faye that, while Faye has quite a lot to worry about right now, paying for this hospital visit isn't one of them.
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There is a time to be professional, and there is a time to be empathetic. I think Dora is walking that line very well, and possibly at great personal cost.
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I started to comment that the Faye/Dora dynamic in this arc has been kinda a Rorschach test among the forum (in much the same way the Dora/Sven dynamic is, or the Faye/Angus drama was), but I think you've managed a better and more concise explanation than I would've.
--- Quote from: Oilman on 29 Jan 2015, 21:46 ---The whole insurance/employment business needs taking at face value and moving on.
Dora has done several things which are procedurally wrong, including telling FAYE she has insurance - which Dora can't know for certain, given the messy circumstances.
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She's Faye's (soon-to-be-ex) employer. If she says the severance hasn't been submitted yet and Faye still has insurance, then Faye still has insurance. I've been in similar circumstances -- had to go for surgery literally the night I was laid off from a job, and my employer, to their credit (and my gratitude) kept my insurance active 'til the surgery and followup visits were done with. That's not to say she may not have done something that'll come back to bite her in the ass later, mind you, but she seems to be doing her level best to do the right thing in two different and difficult sets of circumstances.
--- Quote from: St.Clair on 29 Jan 2015, 21:44 ---Bears for everyone.
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I'll second that.
Omega Entity:
--- Quote from: Oilman on 29 Jan 2015, 21:46 ---The whole insurance/employment business needs taking at face value and moving on.
Dora has done several things which are procedurally wrong, including telling FAYE she has insurance - which Dora can't know for certain, given the messy circumstances.
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You seem really stuck on the issue of real-life employment practices and procedures versus employment practices and procedures in a fictional comic world, since you keep bringing it up again and again. For the sake of story, I believe this is one of those 'hand wave' situations - Accept that it's apparently different and/or doesn't have the same consequences as how things work in the real world (or simply isn't important for the story), and move on.
It's a comic. Yes, it doesn't line up with real life. No, it's not a problem, and not integral to, or preventing the story from moving on. In fact, I'm glad that it -wouldn't- be bogged down with the policies and legalese of employment law. That'd make for a boring comic, especially since the focus is on the CHARACTERS, and not entirely on the bureaucratic idiosyncrasies of the world they exist in.
ASB84:
While there's a harshness and plenty of awkwardness to it, I still have no problem with the way Dora is acting, given the circumstances. The firing was just, and she's right to stand by the decision. However, she's also showing compassion by delaying the official termination, so as to help Faye out from a financial standpoint. It's understandable that she's passing along a message through someone who is not only an employee but also a close mutual friend, because at this point in time, minimising contact with Faye isn't a terrible idea.
Oilman:
.... that's pretty much what I said. There are too many loose ends; lets get back to the wider story.
I don't really understand US insurance practice, but suffice it to say that I had an extremely negative experience, long ago, which led me to decide to turn down a job offer; it's no great exaggeration to say it was a life-changing exoerience, given that I was being approached for a position whuch might well have led me to take up residence in US. I have enough contact with US to know that I haven't changed my view of that decision over quite a long period of time.
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