Employment Incentives

Golden Hello
A Golden Hello is a financial incentive offered to a potential new employee to entice them to join a company, often provided in industries where talent competition is fierce.
Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC)
A tax credit available to employers for wages paid to employees hired from certain targeted groups of hard-to-employ individuals. Generally, the credit is 40% of the first $6,000 of qualified wages ($3,000 for qualified summer youth employees) paid to each member of a targeted group during the first year of employment, and 25% in the case of wages attributable to individuals meeting only minimum employment levels.

Accounting Terms Lexicon

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