Benefits Think HIRE may or may not be helping with hiring

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According to the Treasury Department, employers have added some 4.5 million workers since the HIRE Act — which lets employers off the hook from 6.2% Social Security taxes if they hire people who have been unemployed for at least 60 days — was implemented in March.

Good news all around, I’d say. More people back to work — good. Employers getting a tax break for getting people back to work — good.


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