When the Surviving Group Principle Is Used for Combining the Seniority

When the surviving group principle is used for combining the seniority lists of merged companies, ________.

A) employees are allowed to continue previously earned seniority on separate seniority lists when their work with the merged company can be separately identified
B) employees' rank positions on the merging seniority lists are equal to their rank positions on the prior seniority lists
C) an employee's length of service is considered, regardless of which company he or she worked for before the merger
D) all the employees of the acquiring company receive greater seniority consideration than any employee of the acquired company