Prettigud furniture has seen sales decline in a highly competitive environment. to be able to offer a lower-cost product, management decides to close its factory in alabama, laying off 85 workers from the company's 465-person workforce. under the workers' adjustment retraining and notification act, what must prettigud furniture do? a. it must provide all the employees with exit interviews. b. it must give the employees 60 days' notice before it can begin the layoffs. c. it must request employees consent before releasing their job records. d. it is required to seek legal advice to identify any exemptions available. e. it must explain employment-at-will principles to the employees

Costco wholesale corporation operates membership warehouses selling food, appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and other household goods at 471 locations across the u.s. as well as in canada, mexico and puerto rico. as of its fiscal year-end 2005, costco had approximately 21.2 million members. selected fiscal-year information from the company's balance sheets follows. ($ millions). selected balance sheet data 2005 2004 merchandise inventories $4,015 $3,644 deferred membership income (liability) 501 454 (a) during fiscal 2005, costco collected $1,120 cash for membership fees. use the financial statement effectstemplate to record the cash collected for membership fees. (b) in 2005, costco recorded $46,347 million in merchandise costs (that is, cost of goods sold). record thistransaction in the financial statement effects template. (c) determine the value of merchandise that costco purchased during fiscal-year 2005. use the financial statementeffects template to record these merchandise purchases. assume all of costco's purchases are on credit.