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Good business / 1 Jun 2020
Why it’s good to keep your employees volunteering
With all the new guidelines surrounding coronavirus, traditional approaches to volunteering have had to change.
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Good business / 13 May 2020
How to help your employees spot scams
Fraudsters rarely take a day off, even in the middle of a global pandemic.
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Health & Wellbeing / 16 Apr 2020
Rediscovering your work/life balance
How do you find a way to juggle work and life when everything is happening in the same place? We share our tips to help employees.
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Sustainability / 14 Feb 2020
ESG and ethical investing: what’s in a name?
In recent years, ESG and ethical investing have moved from niche strategies to a mainstream part of investing.
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Resilience / 23 Jan 2020
Business resilience: the 6 factors
We all know what resilience means, but what does it mean for business? We’ve identified six crucial factors…
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Health & Wellbeing / 11 Dec 2019
Let’s talk about the menopause
The menopause doesn’t just affect women in the workplace – it’s an issue for us all. So, why don’t we talk about it more?
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Good business / 10 Dec 2019
Helping employees to find the weekend ‘off switch’
Aviva’s research shows it takes an average of 1 hour 49 minutes to shut off from work. Is there a faster route to the 'off switch'?
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Health & Wellbeing / 6 Dec 2019
5 cost-effective wellbeing ideas
Many employers would like to increase productivity. But the question of how can be a difficult one to answer.
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Health & Wellbeing / 25 Nov 2019
Work anxiety: how email etiquette can help your workforce
When it comes to work anxiety, the humble email can be both cause and solution – or even the means of diagnosing the problem…
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Health & Wellbeing / 6 Nov 2019
5 top tips for successful return-to-work plans
Helping employees return to work is a big part of your group protection plan, but the key aim is to make it successful.
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Health & Wellbeing / 4 Nov 2019
A preventative approach to boosting wellbeing
Resilience training is an effective measure for helping employees cope with the demands of work.
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Health & Wellbeing / 25 Oct 2019
5 ways to help employees with Seasonal Affective Disorder
You may have heard of Seasonal Affective Disorder (often known as SAD), but are you sure you know what it is? As an employer, you need to be aware of this as it could affect some of your employees.
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Resilience / 23 Oct 2019
What does business resilience mean today?
We assess how the perception of business resilience has changed over time, and what employers must learn from emerging trends.
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Health & Wellbeing / 25 Sep 2019
Seven ways to help your employees combat work anxiety
How can employers stop ‘Sunday dread’ ruining employees’ weekends and damaging the resilience of their businesses?
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Health & Wellbeing / 19 Sep 2019
Sunday Dread: just how big a problem is work anxiety?
From sleeping poorly to feeling irritable, anxiety is having an impact on the UK’s workforce. But why is this and what can be done to tackle it?
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Good business / 11 Sep 2019
How a mid-life MOT can prepare employees for a better retirement
It’s worth making sure your middle-aged employees have checked that the pension choices they made decades ago are still fit for purpose.
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Health & Wellbeing / 24 Jun 2020
How to spot if your employees are burning out
Aviva’s Dr Doug Wright looks at how to spot the signs of burn-out and what you and your employees can do to prevent it.
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Pensions / 23 Jun 2020
What furlough taught us about retirement planning
Dale Critchley looks at how furlough could give workers a glimpse of life after work and how that might help them focus on retirement planning.
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Good business / 16 Jun 2020
Keeping employees motivated: what you can and can’t do
Rachel Fenoughty, of Aviva’s Learning & Development team, asks how employers can motivate employees in times like these – and concludes that they can’t…
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Health & Wellbeing / 9 Jun 2020
It’s all in a good night’s sleep
Heather Buckeridge, Aviva clinical consultant nurse discusses how you can help you and your employees overcome problems sleeping.
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Good business / 8 Jun 2020
Why businesses should talk more about employees caring duties
Jonathan Briggs, Group Head Talent Acquisition at Aviva, looks at why businesses should talk about flexible working for carers.
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Health & Wellbeing / 3 Jun 2020
Looking after your back in lockdown and beyond
With many of us still working from home for the first time, you can take steps to make sure the pain doesn’t go straight to your back.
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Pensions / 28 May 2020
Financial education: giving the right message at the right time
Laura Stewart-Smith looks at how to handle communicating with your employees during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Health & Wellbeing / 20 May 2020
The links between alcohol and mental health
Don Shenker, founder of the Alcohol Health Network, explains why it's important to understand the link between mental health and alcohol consumption.
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Pensions / 19 May 2020
Are pension contributions an essential item when times are tough?
With the world beginning to come to terms with the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic, Dale Critchley asks what this means for pension contributions.
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Health & Wellbeing / 18 May 2020
Get your employees talking during Mental Health Awareness Week
Jo Potter, Group Protection Account Manager at Aviva, discusses how employers can use Mental Health Awareness Week to start conversations.
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Health & Wellbeing / 6 Apr 2020
Line managers and people managers: the voice of wellbeing
Sophie Money, Group Protection Workplace Wellbeing Manager at Aviva, explains why winning at wellbeing starts with managers.
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Health & Wellbeing / 1 Apr 2020
Large business or small… embracing wellbeing offers big rewards
Wellbeing is good for businesses of all sizes, as well as their employees - Sophie Money, Group Protection Wellbeing Manager, explains why.
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Health & Wellbeing / 24 Feb 2020
Are there generational differences in group protection provision?
Recent research on Millennials, Generation X and Baby Boomer employees points at different health, wellbeing and group protection solutions.
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Pensions / 28 Jan 2020
The benefits of integrated workplace drawdown
Steve Jackson outlines the case for integrated workplace drawdown and how it can give employees better retirement outcomes.
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Health & Wellbeing / 14 Jan 2020
5 reasons why employers should be supporting alcohol awareness
Don Shenker, founder of the Alcohol Health Network, explains why businesses should be educating their employees about alcohol consumption.
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Health & Wellbeing / 10 Jan 2020
Can group protection help solve 2020’s recruitment wars?
Are skills shortages and recruitment issues here to stay? Can improved employee benefits packages with group protection add value?
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