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Section 2Â Â Labor Planning 1) Labor planning determines employment stability. 2) The two extremes of employment stability policy are “follow demand exactly” and “keep demand constant.” 3) Maintaining a stable workforce generally results in the firm paying higher wages than a firm that varies workforce level with demand. 4) Flextime is a system that allows employees, within limits, to determine their own work schedules. 5) The two most basic policies associated with employment stability are: A) job enrichment and job enlargement. B) employment for life and guaranteed minimum wage. C) follow demand exactly and hold employment constant. D) incentive plans and piece-rate plans. E) full-time and part-time. 6) A manufacturing plant allows its engineers to come in at 7 A.M. plus or minus an hour but still requires them to work 8-hour days. Which of the following scheduling techniques is the firm employing? A) flextime B) constant employment C) part-time status D) flexible workweek E) compressed workweek 7) Working four shifts of ten hours each instead of five shifts of eight hours each is known as which of the following? A) flextime B) constant employment C) part-time status D) flexible workweek E) flexwork 8) ________ is a means of determining staffing policies dealing with employment stability, work schedules, and work rules. 9) ________ refers to a work schedule that deviates from the normal or standard five 8-hour days. 10) What are the advantages and the disadvantages of the employment-stability policy of “hold employment constant?”