Robert Has Worked for the Past Twenty Years on an Assembly

question 35

Multiple Choice

Robert has worked for the past twenty years on an assembly line at a General Motors plant. Recently Robert was laid off as robots were put on the line. Robert is experiencing:

• A) structural unemployment.
• B) cyclical unemployment.
• C) frictional unemployment.
• D) displacement unemployment.

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Definitions:

FICA-OASDI

The Federal Insurance Contributions Act's component for Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance, a payroll tax that funds Social Security.

FUTA

The Federal Unemployment Tax Act, a United States federal law that imposes a payroll tax on employers to fund state workforce agencies.