WOTC Target Groups

Recently we’ve heard from a quite a few people that said they don’t participate in the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Program (WOTC) because they “don’t hire people that would qualify.”  More often than not, after a brief discussion, we were able to discover that they did hire qualified employees.  We’re not sure where the misunderstandings…

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Don’t Avoid Hiring Persons with Disabilities

Companies often miss hiring amazing employees because of unfounded fears associated with hiring persons with disabilities. Many major corporations have found tremendous success and benefits by hiring from a talent pool that most shy away from. Here we’d like to help ease your fears by proving that most of them are truly myths. Hiring persons…

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Are Today’s Youth HR’s Best Kept Secret?

Progressive companies seem to have cracked the code of hiring teenage help and leveraging those employees as strategic assets. More specifically 16-17 year olds for seasonal help. It’s true that there is a certain unflattering stigma associated with teenage employees, but it doesn’t mean that you should overlook this segment of the workforce.  In fact,…

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5-year WOTC Extension Announced

It’s official! The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) program has been renewed for five years (2015 – 2019).  Last week, Congress voted to extend the WOTC program as part of the Tax Extenders legislation, and received the President’s official signature of approval on December 19th. This renewal is especially exciting as it is the first time…

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WOTC Renewal Update

The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) program scored a big victory this week. On 7/21/15, the Senate Finance Committee voted 23-3 to pass a two-year extension of this important program. This means that the bill is now ready for a full Senate vote. Although this is only the first step,  the near-unanimous support for WOTC…

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