4 Institutions, Inequality, and Support Online Quiz Questions

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Require the employee to remain available for unscheduled shifts

Give the employee predictable shifts

Remove the employee's ability to request schedule changes

Increase the employee's hours without notice

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It provides paid leave to every worker who needs to care for a family member.

It guarantees that every worker can take leave without eligibility restrictions.

It can protect eligible covered workers' jobs during specified leave, but does not pay their wages.

It provides child-care subsidies instead of time away from work.

Care responsibilities can interrupt paid work.

Work demands can limit the time or attention available for care.

A workplace support eliminates the need for families to arrange care.

Predictable hours and paid leave can help reduce conflict.

They guarantee affordable care to every family regardless of income or location.

They can help eligible low-income families afford care, but funding and state eligibility rules affect access.

They replace the need for parents to work, study, or train.

They are a form of paid leave for workers caring for older relatives.

Women were more likely than men to work part time because of child-care problems or other family or personal obligations.

Men were more likely than women to work part time for these reasons.

Reducing paid work to meet care needs may mean lower earnings and fewer work opportunities.

Part-time work guarantees that family care will no longer conflict with paid work.

The worker's personal choices alone determine whether the care need disrupts work.

The effects depend on how family needs interact with workplace rules, social policy, and available resources.

The same care need has identical effects for all workers because family arrangements do not matter.

Only the worker's household structure can affect the consequences of caregiving.

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Require workers to arrange all caregiving outside their work hours.

Provide predictable schedules and supportive supervision where feasible.

Assume remote work is equally available and suitable in every occupation.

Keep shifts unpredictable so workers can adapt at short notice.

The worker is guaranteed paid leave because the FMLA protects the job.

The worker may take leave only if the employer also provides child-care subsidies.

The leave may protect the worker’s job, but unpaid leave and eligibility rules can limit practical access.

The worker is automatically eligible for leave regardless of the applicable rules.

They can help eligible low-income families afford care, with access shaped by funding and state rules.

They guarantee every family the same child-care arrangement, regardless of income or location.

They replace the need for child care whenever a parent is working or studying.

They are a form of job-protected leave available to all workers.

Living together always eliminates caregiving responsibilities.

Shared expenses guarantee that every household member has equal access to support.

Three-generation households are necessarily better able to manage care than other households.

Living together may enable mutual help and shared expenses, but its effects depend on relationships and resources.