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Find easy-to-read information to help you answer common questions about going to school and working in Alberta.
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Easy Reading Job Profiles

These easy-to-read job profiles will help you choose a job you'd like to work at.
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Easy Reading Dictionary

In easy-to-read English, this online dictionary explains everything from apprenticeship to works well under pressure terms found in the Easy Reading Job Profiles.
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Improve Your Body Language Skills

Our actions can speak louder than our words. This Easy Reading article explains why it's important to know the message you're sending with your body language.
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Easy Reading Job Profiles: Help for Career Advisors

Support low-literacy clients as they plan their careers. This guide offers tips on using Easy Reading Job Profiles as well as reference charts and information on occupational clusters.
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Learn What’s on Your Pay Stub

Along with your pay, your employer must give you a pay stub. Your pay stub has important information on it. This Easy Reading article will help you learn what the information means.
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Rules of Getting Paid for Work

When you work, how will you get paid? How much should you get paid? And how often? This Easy Reading article will help you learn about the laws in Alberta.
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Work Laws About Hourly Pay

This Easy Reading article will help you learn about the work laws related to the hours you work, including how your wage is affected when you work extra hours.
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What Can Employers Take From Your Paycheque?

Deductions are amounts of money that employers take out of your pay. There are some kinds of deductions your employer must make. And there are other deductions your employer cannot make. Learn more in this Easy Reading article.
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