Set 28 q 27 - FMLA Passage - Kindly help

[jmdgirish]

Many politicians, business leaders,

and scholars discount the role of

public policy and emphasize the role

of the labor market when explaining

employers’ maternity-leave policies,

arguing that prior to the passage of

the Family and Medical Leave Act

(FMLA) of 1993, employers were

already providing maternity leave in

(10) response to the increase in the number

of women workers. Employers did

create maternity-leave programs

in the 1970’s and 1980’s, but not as

a purely voluntary response in the

(15) absence of any government mandate.

In 1972, the Equal Employment

Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ruled

that employers who allowed leaves

for disabling medical conditions must

(20) also allow them for maternity and that

failure to do so would constitute sex

discrimination under the Civil Rights

Act of 1964. As early as 1973, a

survey found that 58 percent of large

(25) employers had responded with new

maternity-leave policies. Because the

1972 EEOC ruling was contested in

court, the ruling won press attention

that popularized maternity-leave

(30) policies. Yet perhaps because the

Supreme Court later struck down

the ruling, politicians and scholars

have failed to recognize its effects,

assuming that employers adopted

(35) maternity-leave policies in response

to the growing feminization of the

workforce.

 

Q27:

The passage suggests that the relationship between the view of the author with respect tomaternity leave policy prior to passage of the FMLA and the view of the politicians,

business leaders, and scholars mentioned in lines 1-2 can best be characterized by which of the following statements?

A. They agree that both the 1972 EEOC ruling on maternity-leave policy and the

increasing feminization of the workplace had an impact on employers’ creation of

maternity-leave programs but disagree about the relative importance of each

factor.

B. They agree that the EEOC ruling on maternity-leave policy had an initial impact

on employers’ creation of maternity-leave programs but disagree over whether the

Supreme Court’s striking down of the EEOC ruling weakened that impact.

C. They agree that creating maternity-leave programs was a necessary response to

the needs of the increasing number of women workers but disagree about whether

maternity should be classified as a disabling medical condition.

D. They agree that employers created maternity-leave programs prior to passage of

the FMLA but disagree about employers’ motivations for doing so.

E. They agree that employers created maternity-leave programs prior to passage of

the FMLA but disagree about how widespread those programs were.

 

Kindly let me know the answer for the question 27. I think it should be D.

 

Will appreciate response. Thanks.

 

-Regards,

Girish Malik

[mission800]

i agree , it should be D, i came here searching for the same explanation :-)

B is way out of line.

[rohansladdha]

Its B. The politicians are not recognizing the fact that the popularity of EOCC ruling had an effect even after it was struck down by the SC. And the employers were influenced by this and not increase in fems etc.

[Abhishek009]

prior to the passage of

the Family and Medical Leave Act

(FMLA) of 1993, employers were

already providing maternity leave in

(10) response to the increase in the number

of women workers. Employers did

create maternity-leave programs

in the 1970’s and 1980’s, but not as

a purely voluntary response in the

(15) absence of any government mandate.

In 1972, the Equal Employment

Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ruled

that employers who allowed leaves

for disabling medical conditions must

(20) also allow them for maternity and that

failure to do so would constitute sex

discrimination under the Civil Rights

Act of 1964.

 

 

The following lines tells us the entire picture .