Wellness Forum

Innovative Employers

JDSU, Technology Firm, 800 employees

JDSU has many wellness options for their employees, including:

• To promote healthy eating, JDSU management staff met with its cafeteria vendor, Perry's Delicatessen, and with its food machine vendor, Canteen, to provide the employees with healthy food choices.
• JDSU encourages people to exercise 30 minutes a day.
• In 2006, they promoted an 8-week “Fit-4-Change” program in which teams were formed teams of four people in Santa Rosa, Indianapolis and San Jose/Milpitas (JDSU headquarters). The contest was promoted heavily via their intra-net and with posters. Participants logged their exercise/aerobic activity daily. They would get credit for up to one hour per day. Every day that a person exercised they received entry into a drawing. Many raffle prizes were distributed in all four locations. Three teams of four received credit for exercising the maximum amount every day. This year JDSU intends to expand the Fit-4-Change program to more of its locations nationwide.
• To reduce stress, JDSU provides employees with the opportunity for chair massage (at a reasonable cost), every week, in the health center
• The company promotes the City of Santa Rosa’s Free Ride program. It currently has 37 people logging their bicycle, bus, carpool and walking commutes to and from work. For 8 round trips per month, the city provides a free movie pass. In April 2007, 14 bicycle riders commuted 2063 miles, 8 carpoolers drove 655 miles and 3 walkers commuted 148 miles on foot.
• Also available are free flu shots, free annual screening for skin cancer, weight watchers at work, and a small well-equipped gym with access to showers