A statement with two courses of action is given below.

You have to assume everything in the statement to be true and on the basis of the information given in the statement, decide which of the suggested course of action logically follows ?

Statement   :       A   large   number   of  employees have gone on a mass casual leave in protest against the company’s new recruitment policy.

Courses of action :

1. The company should immediately withdraw the new recruitment policy.
2. All these employees should immediately be suspended from their service.·

Given answer: