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Forcing businesses to furnish employees with paid leave for family concerns, such as paternity leave or leave to care for a sick child, is a terrible idea. If a business allows employees to take this time off, the workers will take advantage of the privilege and come to work as little as possible. This will destroy productivity and workplace morale.
Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
(A) European countries guarantee employees generous family leave and paid vacation time, but the European standard of living is slightly below that of the United States.
(B) Most male workers refuse to take paternity leave even though it is allowed under federal law and their employers encourage it; they fear they may anger co-workers and harm their chances for promotion if they take time off for what is still seen as a frivolous reason.
(C) The FMLA requires employers to grant employees 12 weeks a year of unpaid leave for family purposes; although employers save money because the leave is unpaid, they often must spend money to find a replacement for the employee who takes time off.
(D) In some workplaces, the loss of a single employee at a busy time of year can be devastating, even if that employee plans to return after a few weeks; allowing family leave can overwhelm the employees who stay on the job.
(E) Allowing employees to take leave for family matters reduces absentee-ism, improves morale, and surprisingly increases productivity because the employees who are granted leave tend to work much harder and more efficiently when they come back to work.
Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
(A) European countries guarantee employees generous family leave and paid vacation time, but the European standard of living is slightly below that of the United States.
(B) Most male workers refuse to take paternity leave even though it is allowed under federal law and their employers encourage it; they fear they may anger co-workers and harm their chances for promotion if they take time off for what is still seen as a frivolous reason.
(C) The FMLA requires employers to grant employees 12 weeks a year of unpaid leave for family purposes; although employers save money because the leave is unpaid, they often must spend money to find a replacement for the employee who takes time off.
(D) In some workplaces, the loss of a single employee at a busy time of year can be devastating, even if that employee plans to return after a few weeks; allowing family leave can overwhelm the employees who stay on the job.
(E) Allowing employees to take leave for family matters reduces absentee-ism, improves morale, and surprisingly increases productivity because the employees who are granted leave tend to work much harder and more efficiently when they come back to work.
06 Jan 2025, 06:11
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Premise - If employees are given paid leaves for family concerns, they will take advantage of this privilege and work less
Conclusion - This will decrease productivity and team morale
Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
(A) European countries guarantee employees generous family leave and paid vacation time, but the European standard of living is slightly below that of the United States. Out of scope as this statement seems to focus only on European setup rather than what should happen in general
(B) Most male workers refuse to take paternity leave even though it is allowed under federal law and their employers encourage it; they fear they may anger co-workers and harm their chances for promotion if they take time off for what is still seen as a frivolous reason. This seems to be giving another reason why male employees might not even opt for such privileges directly countering the premise, so it's a subtle weakener. This choice doesn't tell us anything around productivity or female employees so let's keep this and check other options if we find anything better.
(C) The FMLA requires employers to grant employees 12 weeks a year of unpaid leave for family purposes; although employers save money because the leave is unpaid, they often must spend money to find a replacement for the employee who takes time off. Irrelevant as it's talking about unpaid leaves
(D) In some workplaces, the loss of a single employee at a busy time of year can be devastating, even if that employee plans to return after a few weeks; allowing family leave can overwhelm the employees who stay on the job. This seems to strengthen the idea that productivity would indeed be impacted even after the employee joins back the firm.
(E) Allowing employees to take leave for family matters reduces absentee-ism, improves morale, and surprisingly increases productivity because the employees who are granted leave tend to work much harder and more efficiently when they come back to work. This looks like a good choice covering other aspects where firm might see more accountability and dedication from allowing employees such privileges which indeed would result into increase in overall productivity directly countering the argument's conclusion. Seems like a better overall choice compared to B.
IMO: E
02 Feb 2025, 06:45
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION:
To weaken the argument, look for an answer showing that allowing family leave doesn’t hurt productivity or perhaps even helps it.
Choice (A) doesn’t affect the argument because standard of living isn’t an issue, and it doesn’t mention workplace productivity.
Choice (B) could arguably weaken the argument because it provides evidence that workers may not abuse the privilege of leave — fathers aren’t taking family leave at all, which weakens the conclusion that workers would work less if they had leave. On the other hand, if taking paternity leave angers co-workers, that strengthens the conclusion that family leave hurts workplace morale, so this isn’t the best answer.
Choice (C) strengthens the argument by showing that FMLA leave costs the employer money.
Choice (D) also strengthens the argument by illustrating the destruction caused by one employee leaving for a while.
Choice (E) weakens the argument. If employers are worried about productivity and morale, this choice says that allowing leave actually increases productivity and morale.
Choice (E) is the right answer.
