Providing a safe and healthy environment for employees, contractors, customers and visitors remains a priority across the group. Our health and safety committees help to raise awareness of safety issues, identify, assess and reduce risk through regular inspections, and provide ways for potential violations to be reported.

We are equally supportive of people’s individual wellbeing, and promote ‘lifestyle awareness’ topics such as fitness, posture, relaxation, stress management and healthy eating. In many of our business units, company-sponsored Employee Assistance Programmes provide staff and their families with support, ranging from guidance on parenting, education and finance through to professional counselling services for emotional and addiction issues.

In several locations, including Australia, employees receive company-funded vaccinations against influenza, and we offer seminars at our global headquarters in London to help employees who want to stop smoking. Employees with back pain at Aviva Czech Republic can relax on a hydro jet bed during lunch breaks and out of work hours, while Hibernian held ‘Sleep Factor’ and ‘Beat the Energy Slump’ workshops.

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Social activities

At Hibernian, events designed to promote a healthy work–life balance included workshops on sleep, relaxation and energy levels, massages and a Bring Your Kids to Work at Halloween day, while Aviva Group Centre’s well-established social activities programme included self-defence, language and art classes, city walks and a Christmas pantomime. Aviva Lithuania also fosters an active lifestyle among employees and sales representatives, who compete in regular Olympics-style competitions. This year’s summer event, held in Poland, saw Lithuanian competitors and teams win 11 gold medals.