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TechAmerica says all is well at TriQuint
The RF solutions supplier has been awarded for promoting a healthy lifestyle to its employees
TriQuint has been honoured with the 2012 Corporate Wellness Award from TechAmerica, a technology trade association.
The award recognises a company and its HR staff for promoting internal employee wellness in the organisation. TriQuint’s wellness initiative, called “Live Well”, gives employees and their families not only the tools and resources, but also the motivation to make good choices about their overall physical, mental and financial health.
“The technology community has long been known to support the health and well-being of our employees and TriQuint exemplified that commitment this year. We are thrilled to honour their efforts,” says Shawn Osborne, President and CEO of TechAmerica.
In addition to offering employees and their spouses biometric screenings, educational courses and a host of other programs, TriQuint partnered with TechAmerica to offer a wellness walking challenge.
TriQuint stood out in the TechAmerica challenge by having 428 active participants, the most of any company participating. Employees from TriQuint sites around the globe formed 124 teams for the friendly eight week competition, and walked or ran more than 230 million steps collectively.
“One of the most rewarding things about implementing a Wellness Initiative like ‘Live Well’ at TriQuint has been seeing how passionately our employees all over the world have embraced it. Employees have told us that our programs have literally saved their lives. There is nothing more rewarding than that,” says Debbie Burke, TriQuint Vice President of Human Resources.
“We continue to listen to our employees’ suggestions on how to make the programs more relevant to them, and the changes are really making a difference. We are honoured to be recognised for the Corporate Wellness Award by TechAmerica.”
Burke accepted the award for TriQuint at TechAmerica’s 54th annual David Packard Medal of Achievement and Innovators Award Dinner on October 9th, 2012.
