So, today I get a letter from my former boss, basically telling me that I owe them almost $600 for a month of insurance I didn't have.
Backstory: I became full time on Nov 10th. At that time, I was told both by my boss and the bookkeeper that my insurance would become active on the first of the next month after 30 calendar days. That would be Jan 1.
I turned my paperwork in on Dec 2. December 27th I was concerned about not getting the insurance cards in the mail yet, and checked with the bookkeeper about it. She said "Oh, they're just slow." I had a doctor's appointment on Jan 4th, so on the 3rd, when I still hadn't received my cards, I called to make sure it was active. It was not, b ecause the paperwork was faxed on Dec 27th. Coincidence?
Fast forward to about a month ago. I didn't get my PTO paid out. I contacted the bookkeeper, didn't hear anything, so I contacted my former boss. Found out the bookkeeper had been fired. Boss said she'd look into it. Now I get a letter from her saying that my insurance had actually started on Dec 1 per their contract with BCBS, and I owed them for December.
Now, clearly they didn't know this, or they would have been deducting it from my checks like they did for January. I did not USE any insurance in December, and my paperwork wasn't even submitted until the end of the month. How on earth can they say I owe them for a month when my PAPERWORK WASN'T EVEN SUBMITTED?
Am I out of line to tell her that I feel the company should eat it because it was their mistake?
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