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DQ News: A Sunny Spot for Small Business [INFOGRAPHIC]

There’s good news on the small business front. After several months of less-than-hopeful jobs reports and economic forecasts, small businesses were looking up in September. Employment, compensation, and hours worked have all grown since August.
Employment in small business is up. More than 50,000 jobs were added since August with growth in nearly all regions of the country.

There was good news for employees too as compensation was also up. Average compensation for hourly small business employees has risen since August.

And lastly employee work hours were up in September. This is a welcome sign for the many small business employees who have seen their hours shrink during the recession.

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