Bernard Has Been Working as a Salesman at Flipper Pools,a

question 24

Multiple Choice

Bernard has been working as a salesman at Flipper Pools,a company with close to 55 employees,for the past five years.He becomes the legal guardian of his six-year-old nephew after his sister and her husband die in a car crash.He informs his supervisor that he would need the next couple of weeks off to arrange for his nephew's care.Under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993,Flipper Pools:

• A) does not have to grant the leave because the act applies only to employers with more than 100 employees.
• B) does not have to grant the leave because Bernard did not give 60 days' notice.
• C) is required to grant the leave only if Bernard agrees to work overtime without any compensation after he returns to work from his leave.
• D) is required to grant the leave because the act extends the right to care for a child to an employee who is acting as a parent.

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Definitions:

Sales Pattern

A pattern of persuasion that consists of an attention-getting opener, a body with reasons and details, and an action close.

Resist Doing

The act of deliberately avoiding or abstaining from a certain behavior or action.

Emotional Appeal

A persuasive technique aimed at eliciting an emotional response from the audience to convince them of a viewpoint or to motivate them to take action.

Stories

Stories refer to narratives or accounts of sequences of events, either true or fictional, designed to interest, amuse, or educate the listener or reader.