Based on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' method for measuring employment and unemployment, who of the following would be "employed?"
A) A person who works two hours a week for pay.
B) A person who works forty hours a week for pay in a large corporation.
C) A person who works twenty hours a week for no pay in a family-owned business.
D) All of the above.

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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics considers individuals employed if they have worked at least one hour for pay or profit, worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in a family-owned business, or were temporarily absent from their regular jobs. Therefore, all the options listed meet the criteria for being classified as "employed."