Some of the payroll-related expenses incurred by Rockland Corporation are mandated by law,rather than negotiated with employees.During the current year,these mandated amounts increased Rockland's payroll-related expenses by approximately:

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Since the payroll-related expenses were mandated by law, they could not have been negotiated with employees. Therefore, any increase in these expenses must be due to changes in the law. The increase can be calculated by taking the difference between the mandated amounts in the current year and the previous year. None of the answer choices provided the previous year's mandated amounts, so we cannot calculate the exact increase. However, we can eliminate answer choices that are too low or too high. Answer choice A is too low and answer choice D is too high. Between answer choices B and C, answer choice C is higher, so it is the best choice.

Some of the Payroll-Related Expenses Incurred by Rockland Corporation Are