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question 37

Multiple Choice

In theRagsdale v.Wolverine World Wide case discussed in the text,the question was whetherthe Department of Labor could validly institute a regulation giving an employee the right to an additional twelve weeks of family or medical leave if the employer failed to notify the employee that the twelve weeks of leave provided by the Family and Medical Leave Act ran concurrently with the thirty weeks of paid disability leave provided by the employer.How did the U.S.Supreme Court rule?

• A) The U.S.Supreme Court invalidated the regulation because it granted entitlements not set forth in the Family and Medical Leave Act and that were inconsistent with the purpose of the Act.
• B) The U.S.Supreme court upheld the regulation as a valid exercise of the Department of Labor's power.
• C) The U.S.Supreme Court invalidated the regulation because it had not first been approved by a federal judge and also because it granted entitlements not set forth in the Family and Medical Leave Act.
• D) The U.S.Supreme Court invalidated the regulation because it had not first been approved by the executive branch.

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Definitions:

(S)-glyceraldehyde

The S-configuration enantiomer of glyceraldehyde, which serves as a standard for determining the absolute configuration of chiral molecules.

(R)-glyceraldehyde

A carbohydrate that is the R-enantiomer of glyceraldehyde, serving as a simple monosaccharide and a basic building block for more complex sugars.

(-)-glyceraldehyde

A specific stereoisomer of glyceraldehyde, a simple sugar molecule that serves as an intermediate in several metabolic pathways.

(+)-glyceraldehyde

An enantiomer of glyceraldehyde, denoted as having a positive optical rotation; it is a simple sugar and plays a role in several metabolic pathways.