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Huron Employer Survey

Introduction

This survey is short. It will take about 10 minutes. Individual survey results will not be identified publicly, rather collective information from the survey will be used to improve child care access in our community.
1.In what city or town is your business located?
2.Which best describes your title? (Select one)
3.What industry is your business in? (Select one)
4.Which of the following best describes the number of employees in your business?
5.What is the estimated annual revenue for your business?
6.How many years has your business been in existence?
7.What is the current operating status of your business?
8.Do most of your employees have 2 weeks or more advance notice of their work schedule?
9.Do some of your employees have 2 weeks or less notice of their work schedule?
10.Does your business offer any of the following benefits to its employees? (check all that apply)
11.Is your business woman-owned?
12.Is your business minority-owned?
13.Which of the following best describes your business?
14.Does your business periodically survey employees, formally or informally, for feedback to inform the types of employee benefits offered?
15.In the past year, have any of your employees quit or reduced their hours due to child care challenges?
16.If yes, what percentage of your employees have quit or reduced their hours due to child care challenges?
17.Do you agree or disagree that the availability of affordable, quality child care is important to the productivity of your workforce?
18.If your employees expressed interest in the following employee benefits to help manage their child care needs, would your business consider offering them? (Check all that apply)
19.Are you aware of the federal child care tax credit for employers who invest in child care assistance for employees?
20.If yes, within the past several years, has your business claimed the federal child care tax credit for employers who invest in child care assistance for employees?
21.How likely is it that your business would offer new or enhanced child care assistance benefits if it could receive a tax credit for 25% of its investment?
22.How likely is it that your business would offer new or enhanced child care assistance benefits if it could receive a tax credit for 50% of its investment?
23.How likely is it that your business would offer new or enhanced child care assistance benefits if it could receive a grant matching the employer contribution to better support employees? (e.g., if your business provided $200 per month per parent employee to better support child care needs and the state or locality matched that amount to offset the cost of child care for your parent employees)?
24.Next, as you may know, while child care is a work support for parents, it’s also an early learning setting for children. Do you agree or disagree that child care quality has a major impact on a child’s kindergarten readiness?