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Employment Incentives


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One way communities can promote employment practices that benefit local workers is by rewarding businesses which hire local workers and pay good wages. For example, communities can choose to abate some portion of local taxes or provide other incentives for businesses that meet specific wage and hiring requirements.

Related Principles:
economic development

 

 

 
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