When a company faces a shortage of labor, and it predicts that current demand for products or services may not extend to the future, it will:
A)try to garner more hours out of the existing labor force.
B)it will recruit and train new employees.
C)be willing to hire part-time employees.
D)decrease the production rate by half to meet quality standards.
E)lease out its machinery to other factories, thereby maintaining income.

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Despite having to pay workers time-and-a-half for overtime production, employers see this as preferable to hiring and training new employees-especially if they are afraid that current demand for products or services may not extend to the future.

When a Company Faces a Shortage of Labor, and It