2024 Business Issues Survey

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* 1. Is your business in a better place than it was 24 months ago?

No Change

Unsure

Yes

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* 2. What is your outlook for these issues in the coming year?

	Getting Better	Staying Same	Getting Worse	Unsure
Education	Education Getting Better	Education Staying Same	Education Getting Worse	Education Unsure
Health Care/Insurance	Health Care/Insurance Getting Better	Health Care/Insurance Staying Same	Health Care/Insurance Getting Worse	Health Care/Insurance Unsure
Workers' Compensation Costs	Workers' Compensation Costs Getting Better	Workers' Compensation Costs Staying Same	Workers' Compensation Costs Getting Worse	Workers' Compensation Costs Unsure
Compliance/Paperwork	Compliance/Paperwork Getting Better	Compliance/Paperwork Staying Same	Compliance/Paperwork Getting Worse	Compliance/Paperwork Unsure
Energy Costs	Energy Costs Getting Better	Energy Costs Staying Same	Energy Costs Getting Worse	Energy Costs Unsure
Financing/Capital	Financing/Capital Getting Better	Financing/Capital Staying Same	Financing/Capital Getting Worse	Financing/Capital Unsure
Transportation/Infrastructure	Transportation/Infrastructure Getting Better	Transportation/Infrastructure Staying Same	Transportation/Infrastructure Getting Worse	Transportation/Infrastructure Unsure
Skilled Worker Availability	Skilled Worker Availability Getting Better	Skilled Worker Availability Staying Same	Skilled Worker Availability Getting Worse	Skilled Worker Availability Unsure
Litigation/Legal Climate	Litigation/Legal Climate Getting Better	Litigation/Legal Climate Staying Same	Litigation/Legal Climate Getting Worse	Litigation/Legal Climate Unsure
Unemployment Compensation Costs	Unemployment Compensation Costs Getting Better	Unemployment Compensation Costs Staying Same	Unemployment Compensation Costs Getting Worse	Unemployment Compensation Costs Unsure
Environmental Regulations	Environmental Regulations Getting Better	Environmental Regulations Staying Same	Environmental Regulations Getting Worse	Environmental Regulations Unsure
Business Taxes	Business Taxes Getting Better	Business Taxes Staying Same	Business Taxes Getting Worse	Business Taxes Unsure

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* 3. Please rank these issues regarding the level of importance to your business in the coming year.

	Very important	Important	Neutral	Slightly unimportant	Unimportant	N/A
Taxes	Taxes Very important	Taxes Important	Taxes Neutral	Taxes Slightly unimportant	Taxes Unimportant	Taxes N/A
Supply Chain	Supply Chain Very important	Supply Chain Important	Supply Chain Neutral	Supply Chain Slightly unimportant	Supply Chain Unimportant	Supply Chain N/A
Availability and Cost of Insurance	Availability and Cost of Insurance Very important	Availability and Cost of Insurance Important	Availability and Cost of Insurance Neutral	Availability and Cost of Insurance Slightly unimportant	Availability and Cost of Insurance Unimportant	Availability and Cost of Insurance N/A
Inflation	Inflation Very important	Inflation Important	Inflation Neutral	Inflation Slightly unimportant	Inflation Unimportant	Inflation N/A
State/Federal regulations	State/Federal regulations Very important	State/Federal regulations Important	State/Federal regulations Neutral	State/Federal regulations Slightly unimportant	State/Federal regulations Unimportant	State/Federal regulations N/A
Hiring	Hiring Very important	Hiring Important	Hiring Neutral	Hiring Slightly unimportant	Hiring Unimportant	Hiring N/A

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* 4. Is West Virginia headed in the right direction, compared to previous years?

Yes

Unsure

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* 5. Is the United States headed in the right direction, compared to previous years?

Yes

Unsure

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* 6. Thinking about the coming year, do you believe West Virginia’s economy will improve, remain the same or get worse?

Improve

Remain the same

Decline

Unclear

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* 7. Please indicate what you anticipate will happen regarding your business activity in 2023-2024.

Improve

Remain the same

Decline slightly

Decline significantly

Unsure

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* 8. Is access to quality childcare an issue for you, your employees, or perspective hires?

Not an issue

Somewhat of an issue

A significant challenge

Unsure

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* 9. Do you currently have job openings at your company in West Virginia? If so, how many?

Yes, 0-5

Yes, 6-25

Yes, 26-50

Yes, 51-100

Yes, >100

Not Sure

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* 10. From your business perspective, please select up to five(5) issues you like to see as the focus of the West Virginia Chamber in 2024.

Access To Childcare

Education/workforce skills

Transportation

Federal issues

Human resource issues

Healthcare access and cost

Unemployment comp

Environmental regulations

Business taxes

Workers compensation

Litigation/legal climate

Energy policy

Economic development

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* 11. If the West Virginia Chamber and its allies could accomplish one big thing - what would it be?

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* 12. Which best describes your business?

Very large employer (500+ employees)

Large employer (250-500 employees)

Mid-sized employer (100-250 employees)

Small employer 2 (50-100 employees)

Small employer 1 (5-50 employees)

Micro business (1-5 employees)