Note 11 - Post-employment Benefit Obligations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2019

Notes Tables

Schedule of Changes in Projected Benefit Obligations [Table Text Block]

	2019			2018
Change in Benefit Obligation:
Projected benefit obligation at beginning of year	$	11,652		$	12,322
Service cost		190			196
Interest cost		441			418
Actuarial gains		(1,172	)		(616	)
Benefits paid		(1,021	)		(668	)
Projected benefit obligation at end of year	$	10,090		$	11,652
Accumulated Benefit Obligation	$	9,998		$	11,559
Discount rate used to value the ending benefit obligations:		2.75	%		4.00	%
Amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheet:
Current liabilities	$	655		$	798
Noncurrent liabilities		9,435			10,854
Total amounts recognized	$	10,090		$	11,652
Amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income:
Prior service cost	$	606		$	806
Actuarial loss		1,055			2,408
Net amount recognized	$	1,661		$	3,214
Total recognized in net periodic benefit cost and accumulated other comprehensive income:	$	(541	)	$	(2	)

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]

	2019		2018		2017
Components of Net Periodic Pension Cost:
Service cost	$	190	$	196	$	146
Interest cost		441		418		423
Amortization of transition obligation		-		42		42
Amortization of prior service cost		126		126		-
Amortization of other loss		183		262		323
Net periodic pension cost	$	940	$	1,044	$	934

Assumptions used to determine net periodic pension cost:
Discount rate	4.00	%	3.50	%	3.75	%
Increase in future compensation levels	3.00	%	3.00	%	3.00	%

Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments [Table Text Block]

Estimated Future Benefit Payments (with mortality):
Fiscal 2020	655
Fiscal 2021	622
Fiscal 2022	821
Fiscal 2023	779
Fiscal 2024	734
Fiscal 2025 through 2029	2,961

Schedule of Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Amortization, Next Fiscal Year [Table Text Block]

Prior service cost	$	126
Other loss		7
Total expected to be amortized to net periodic pension cost in 2020	$	133