A new regulation requiring businesses to provide employees with unpaid leave for family care will negatively impact the financial viability of companies in our country. Businesses should have the autonomy to determine their own employment policies without enforced family-leave laws.

Which of the following, if true, would most significantly undermine the conclusion of the argument above?

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Many companies in this country already provide some type of family leave.

Countries with highly competitive economies often have robust family-leave laws.

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A family-leave regulation could enhance the community as a social structure in this nation.

Only businesses with more than fifty employees would be affected by the proposed family-leave regulation.

Surveys indicate that a significant portion of the population supports the implementation of a family-leave law.

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To weaken the conclusion that a family-leave law will harm economic competitiveness, we need evidence that contradicts the idea that such laws are detrimental. Option B states that countries with highly competitive economies often have robust family-leave laws. This suggests that having…

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What this question tests

What it tests

Whether you can identify the option that most undermines an argument's conclusion.

Common trap

Choosing an irrelevant objection or one that attacks the premise rather than the reasoning.