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Description: You may have noticed this – 81,000 new jobs were created in in August in Canada. A high number of the jobs were in the service sector and were secured by young Canadians. The unemployment rate of 5.7% is close to its lowest level in 40 years.

Date:  September 6, 2019

Source:  globalnews.com

Link: https://globalnews.ca/news/5864444/canada-jobs-report-august-2019/

 

Discussion Points:

1) Would you or any of your class mates have benefitted from the August job surge?

2) Do you work part-time during the school year? How do you fit it into your schedule?

3) In Wiley’s Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision-Making you can read about accounting for Employment Benefit Expense (see pages 528-9). In a situation where employment is increasing, what would you generally expect would happen to this expense?

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