Goy. Brown Announces Pilot Areas for the New Employment Credit.

• Position: New employment credit - Brief article

The New Employment Credit (NEC) is a hiring credit for businesses that operate in areas of the state with the highest unemployment and poverty. These areas are known as the Designated Geographic Area (DGA). Pilot areas are those within the DGA.

Businesses operating in pilot areas have the added benefit of lower qualified wages for purposes of computing the NEC. Qualified wages are those above 150 percent of the minimum wage, which is $12 per hour. In pilot areas, qualified wages are those...