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The United States ranks far behind countries such as Sweden and Canada when it comes to workplace safety. In all three countries, joint labor-management committees that oversee workplace safety conditions have been very successful in reducing occupational injuries. In the United States, such committees are found only in the few companies that have voluntarily established them. However, in Sweden and several Canadian provinces, joint safety committees are required by law and exist in all medium-sized and large workplaces.
Which one of the following is supported by the information above?
(A) The establishment of joint safety committees in all medium-sized and large workplaces in the United States would result in reduction of occupational injuries.
(B) A joint safety committee that is required by law is more effective at reducing occupational injuries than is a joint safety committee that is voluntarily established.
(C) Workplace in Sweden and Canada was superior to that in the United States even prior to the passage of laws requiring joint safety committees in all medium-sized and large workplaces.
(D) Joint safety committees had been voluntarily established in most medium-sized and large workplaces in Sweden and several Canadian provinces prior to the passage of laws requiring such committees.
(E) The United States would surpass Sweden and Canada in workplace safety if joint safety committees were required in all medium-sized and large workplaces in the United States.
Which one of the following is supported by the information above?
(A) The establishment of joint safety committees in all medium-sized and large workplaces in the United States would result in reduction of occupational injuries.
(B) A joint safety committee that is required by law is more effective at reducing occupational injuries than is a joint safety committee that is voluntarily established.
(C) Workplace in Sweden and Canada was superior to that in the United States even prior to the passage of laws requiring joint safety committees in all medium-sized and large workplaces.
(D) Joint safety committees had been voluntarily established in most medium-sized and large workplaces in Sweden and several Canadian provinces prior to the passage of laws requiring such committees.
(E) The United States would surpass Sweden and Canada in workplace safety if joint safety committees were required in all medium-sized and large workplaces in the United States.
15 Apr 2020, 10:57
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The United States is behind Sweden and Canada with regards to workplace safety.
In Sweden and Canada, joint safety committees are required by law and exist in all medium and large workplaces.
In the United states there is no such law, but few companies have voluntarily established such committees.
Such safety committees do help in reducing occupational injuries.
So we can conclude as the number of companies that incorporate such joint safety committees increase the number of occupational injuries will decrease. Safety committees and Injuries are inversely proportional to each other.
(A) The establishment of joint safety committees in all medium-sized and large workplaces in the United States would result in reduction of occupational injuries. - Definitely true CORRECT.
(B)A joint safety committee that is required by law is more effective at reducing occupational injuries than is a joint safety committee that is voluntarily established.- Not necessarily true, even in those companies in the united states where there is no such law , joint safety committees have been successful in reducing occupational injuries INCORRECT.
(C) Workplace safety in Sweden and Canada was superior to that in the United States even prior to the passage of laws requiring joint safety committees in all medium-sized and large workplaces : NOT true, just more companies in Sweden and Canada, had safety -committees, hence in Sweden and Canada, there were fewer occupational, hazards.We don't know anything about Sweden and Canada prior to the establishment of safety- committees laws there INCORRECT.
(D)Joint safety committees had been voluntarily established in most medium-sized and large workplaces in Sweden and several Canadian provinces prior to the passage of laws requiring such committees : Nothing of this sort mentioned in the passage, hence definitely NOT supported INCORRECT.
(E)The United States would surpass Sweden and Canada in workplace safety if joint safety committees were required in all medium-sized and large workplaces in the United States : There is no way to infer this from the passage.Definitely not supported. INCORRECT.
Ans- A
Hope it's clear.
05 Jun 2020, 14:37
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Whenever tackling CR questions try to extract as much information as you can from the paragraph given. REMEMBER, NO INFERENCES.
Information given to us in the question:
• USA is further behind Sweden and Canada wrt workplace safety
• JLMC have been very successful in all the three countries
• JLMC is mandatory for companies based in Sweden/ Canada where as it isn’t in USA
Now, as you list these options, intuitively you are led to believe that the optional nature of JLMC in USA might be a cause for the relatively low ranking, however, do not go fishing for this answer, remember this is just an assumption you are making.
Now, we will go through all the answers and understand each one of them.
A – It says establishment of JLMC would result in a decrease in occupational injuries, true but we would like an answer that deals with the optional nature of such committees, we won’t completely rule out this option.
B – This speaks about the effectiveness of JLMC changing with the laws, the questions deals with companies and not the effectiveness of the committee. It is evident, since in the companies JLMCs are present, there is a reduced number of workplace injuries. WRONG
C – Nothing in the passage supports this. WRONG
D – No evidence to support this. WRONG
E – Since it is further behind, it is unlikely that it would surpass Sweden and Canada. No information to support this. WRONG
Since we are only left with A, we will go with A.
