Flexible Benefits Plans Have Grown More Popular Because

Flexible benefits plans have grown more popular because

A) changes in the tax code no longer give a cost advantage to standardized benefit packages.
B) the decreasing influence of unions in the workplace, which pressured employers to treat all workers the same.
C) employee family and work situations are more variable than they were in the past.
D) employees are more sophisticated about their needs and do not need the employer's paternalistic guidance necessary in the past.