Village on October 18.
“The winners were selected because they are the
best of the best. They have succeeded not only as private
sector companies, but in improving people’s lives
and our communities,” NJBIA President Philip Kirschner
told a crowd of 240 at the event. “Good jobs like
the ones at Lundbeck give people opportunities to build
better lives for themselves and their families.”
If you want excellence from your employees, you must
strive for excellence in your work environment. Lundbeck
Research USA, Inc., a company that focuses on drug discovery
research for depression and anxiety, has put that philosophy
into practice with its Employee Enrichment Program.
Health benefits are provided at no cost to the employees.
The program reaches out to its employees by providing
a wide range of educational, recreational and work-life
balance benefits, including flex-time working arrangements
and medical leave that significantly exceeds the requirement
of the Family Medical Leave Act. Employees also enjoy
consumer discount programs with stores like Working
Advantage, Buyers Edge, BJ’s Wholesale Shopping
Club, as well as amusement parks like Universal Studios
and Busch Gardens.
Lundbeck also subsidizes health memberships at the
New York Sports Club (NYSC), one of the premier fitness
clubs in the area. There are also opportunities for
self improvement such as the company’s free English
as a Second Language (ESL) training classes, management
training programs, informational seminars and a 100-percent
tuition-reimbursement plan.
Since 1984, NJBIA annually has honored a select group
of its members with an Award
for Excellence. The Awards for Excellence winners demonstrate
outstanding achievements in one of four award categories:
Environmental Quality, Outstanding
Employer, Enterprise and Public Service. All 23,000
NJBIA member companies are eligible to be nominated.
An independent panel of judges reviewed the nominations.
Eighteen members of the Service Corps of Retired Executives
(SCORE) volunteered their time to conduct the judging.
They were joined by four members of NJBIA’s policy
committees: William Baney and Joann Trezza of the Human
Resources Committee, and Tom Eckhoff and John Kinkela
of the Environmental Quality Committee.
Mercadien P.C., Certified Public Accountants of Princeton,
verified the information supplied by the winning applicants.
With more than 23,000 members, NJBIA is the largest
state-level employers association.
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