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Labor Quality
The Industrial Development Authority regularly contacts local plant managers to provide assistance and to help solve any problems that may exist. In addition, every two years we organize and train teams of volunteers to help us make personal calls on industries throughout the county and formally interview managers and owners about operating conditions, opportunities and needs. In our 2004 round of interviews, we collected and compiled information on industry experiences in the following three categories pertaining to labor quality.

Management’s rating of labor relations in their plants, on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the most favorable, was:
Ranking
% of respondents
1
0
2
5
3
8
4
39
5
45
Annual average turnover rates in their plants were:
% turnover % of respondents
0 19
1-5 37
6-10 19
11+
9
Annual average absenteeism rates in their plants were:
% absenteeism % of respondents
0 11
1-5 73
6-10 13
11+ 3
Updated as of March, 2008
Gadsden-Etowah County Industrial Development Authority
One Commerce Square,  Gadsden, AL 35901  • Phone: (256) 543-9423  Fax: (256) 547-2351 •