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Following multiple reports of wage theft, the Department of Labor will soon order a national restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips earned by their employees and that the information be shared with the local restaurant workers’ unions.

"AND" shows paralleslism to be followed here.

(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared - Breaks ||ism .Out
(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared - Breaks ||ism also meaning issue . Out
(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared - Wrong usage of wuth. Out
(D) earned by their employees and shared the information - Correct ||ism
(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared - Comma splice. Out.

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Following multiple reports of wage theft, the Department of Labor will soon order a national restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips earned by their employees and that the information be shared with the local restaurant workers’ unions.

Intended meaning of sentence is to investigate whether the branches confiscated the tips earned and whether this information was shared with local restaurant workers’ unions.

Only option D uses correct parallalism to highlight the intended meaning

So option D is correct
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with the use of order.. sentence is subjunctive

(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared
parallelism error
(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared that and that is parallel also use of 'be' first form of verb is correct
(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared tense error and being wrong
(D) earned by their employees and shared the information
meaning error
(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared meaning error run on sentence

OPTION B is correct

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Following multiple reports of wage theft, the Department of Labor will soon order a national restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips earned by their employees and that the information be shared with the local restaurant workers’ unions.

(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared
(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared
(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared
(D) earned by their employees and shared the information
(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared



 


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Following multiple reports of wage theft, the Department of Labor will soon order a national restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips earned by their employees and that the information be shared with the local restaurant workers’ unions.

(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared
- Dept of Labor will order a restaurant chain .... to investigate .....and that the information be shared....
- what information? parallelism is making the meaning wrong

(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared
- same issue as A

(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared
- tips that were earned by the employees with the information shared...?? the employees earned tips because of the information?

(D) earned by their employees and shared the information
- who shared the information??

(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared
- this sounds okay.

Going with E.

Note: Attempted this as a part of the Christmas challenge (answers not revealed yet). Let me know if there is an error.
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Following multiple reports of wage theft,
the Department of Labor will soon order
a national restaurant chain
to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips earned by their employees
and that the information be shared
with the local restaurant workers’ unions.

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(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared
Following multiple reports of wage theft, the Department of Labor will soon order a national restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips earned by their employees and that the information be shared with the local restaurant workers’ unions.
is a correct sentence

Quote:
(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared
The use of that is redundant
Incorrect

Quote:
(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared
The use of that was is redundant
The use of with the information being shared is incorrect
Incorrect

Quote:
(D) earned by their employees and shared the information
The use of shared is incorrect
Incorrect

Quote:
(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared
A is better and is in subjunctive form.

IMO A
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Following multiple reports of wage theft, the Department of Labor will soon order a national restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips earned by their employees and that the information be shared with the local restaurant workers’ unions.

(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared

'information be shared' is not parallel to to investigate..so, parallelism error

(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared

similarly, here also...'information be shared' is not parallel to to investigate..so, parallelism error

(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared

being shared is incorrect usage..changes the meaning

(D) earned by their employees and shared the information

mixed use of passive and active forms...inappropriate usage..also changes the meaning

(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared

'information that must also be shared' correctly modifies the preceding clause related to investigation

Hence. (E) is the correct option
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Following multiple reports of wage theft, the Department of Labor will soon order a national restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips earned by their employees and that the information be shared with the local restaurant workers’ unions.

(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared
-not parallel
(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared
- not parallel
(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared
- usage of with is incorrect. we need "and" to connect the two reasons, usage of being not right
(D) earned by their employees and shared the information
- confiscated is parallel to shared. meaning wise it makes sense

(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared
- comma is wrongly put in between
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Following multiple reports of wage theft, the Department of Labor will soon order a national restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips earned by their employees and that the information be shared with the local restaurant workers’ unions.

(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared----not parallel with to investigate. Will soon order chain to investigate and that the info be shared does not seem parallel
(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared---not parallel with to investigate. Will soon order chain to investigate and that the info be shared does not seem parallel
(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared---tips is plural so were should be used
(D) earned by their employees and shared the information---- shared is in past. It should be share
(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared--- Correct. THis is noun + noun modifier and informtion is referring to the info gathered during investigation. This construction allows for modificstion anywhere in the preceding clause and there is no //ism issue

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Following multiple reports of wage theft, the Department of Labor will soon order a national restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips earned by their employees and that the information be shared with the local restaurant workers’ unions.

(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared
(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared
(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared
(D) earned by their employees and shared the information
(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared



 


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Explanation:
In the given sentence, the Department of Labor orders a national restaurant chain to do two things:
1) to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips earned by their employees
2) to share the information with the local restaurant workers’ unions.

The use of the word, "order" triggers subjunctive verb which requires the usage of the form "be + base form of the verb". So options (C) and (D) are OUT.
(E) is OUT as it uses must.
(A) has a parallelism error between the two entities separated by "and".
(B) corrects the mistake in (A) and conveys the intended meaning correctly.

ANSWER B.
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Edited for correct OA, which is E. OE is already posted.
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Following multiple reports of wage theft, the Department of Labor will soon order a national restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips earned by their employees and that the information be shared with the local restaurant workers’ unions.

(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared
(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared
(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared
(D) earned by their employees and shared the information
(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared



 


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(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared - Incorrect - Parallelism issue Department of labor will order to do two things
1) order investigation
2) that the information be shared
two items in the list are not parallel

(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared -Incorrect - that is limiting confiscated tips as if there are two types of tips
(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared -Incorrect - that is limiting confiscated tips as if there are two types of tips
(D) earned by their employees and shared the information - Correct
(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared - Incorrect - Sentence seems to convey that information about investigation will be shared with worker's union rather than information about the findings of the investigation.
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A is answer because that is used and since subjunctive cuz of order
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Answer is E
Following multiple reports of wage theft, the Department of Labor will soon order a national restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips earned by their employees and that the information be shared with the local restaurant workers’ unions.

(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared and that has nothing to refer to. Wrong
(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared and that the information cannot be connected to the tips. Illogical.
(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared with the info being is wrong
(D) earned by their employees and shared the information tips cannot be modified by shared the info
(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared correct. information that must... modifies the prior sentence. makes sense.
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Following multiple reports of wage theft, the Department of Labor will soon order a national restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips earned by their employees and that the information be shared with the local restaurant workers’ unions.

(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared
use of 'whether.....that......' is not parallel

(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared
in this option also, use of 'whether.....that......' is not parallel

(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared
use of 'being shared' conveys a different meaning

(D) earned by their employees and shared the information
change of meaning

(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared
that... has been removed here.. later part as shown above correctly acts as a modifier

IMO. (E) is correct
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Following multiple reports of wage theft, the Department of Labor will soon order a national restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips earned by their employees and that the information be shared with the local restaurant workers’ unions.

(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared
non-parallel manner of depiction

(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared
non-parallel manner of depiction

(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared
again in this option' non-parallel manner of depiction makes it wrong

(D) earned by their employees and shared the information
besides non-parallel manner; meaning changed in this option

(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared
correct use of modifier in the end; for conveying the meaning

Thus, (E) will be the correct choice
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Understanding the meaning of the sentence: The department of labor will order a national chain of restaurants to investigate whether tips are several of its branches confiscated tips earned by their employees. The said information (outcome of investigation) be informed to the unions.

(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared Incorrect presence of 'and' shows that investigation and information are parallel activities, which is not what the sentence meant.

(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared Incorrect presence of 'and' shows that investigation and information are parallel activities, which is not what the sentence meant.

(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared Incorrect presence of 'and' shows that investigation and information are parallel activities, which is not what the sentence meant.

(D) earned by their employees and shared the information Incorrect presence of 'and' shows that investigation and information are parallel activities, which is not what the sentence meant.

(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared Correct
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Connect with that and use was as past tense so
Ans- C

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