3. Imagine you are an HR professional viewing the Income Statement with a division manager. The division manager states that the decrease in net income from 2017 to 2018 was due to a large increase in employee salary and benefit expenses. Due to this, the division manager would like to lay off some employees in order to reduce costs. How would you defend against the claim that employee salary and benefits are to blame by using the information provided in the Income Statement? (Again, please be sure to use numbers and information from the income statement to support your answer) 340 words Type here to search 3. Imagine you are an HR professional viewing the Income Statement with a division manager. The division manager states that the decrease in net income from 2017 to 2018 was due to a large increase in employee salary and benefit expenses. Due to this, the division manager would like to lay off some employees in order to reduce costs. How would you defend against the claim that employee salary and benefits are to blame by using the information provided in the Income Statement? (Again, please be sure to use numbers and information from the income statement to support your answer) 340 words Type here to search