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In addition to these preventive measures, there are many initiatives and activities aimed at maintaining and
promoting employee fitness and health. The many courses such as yoga, fascia training, self-defense and other
in-house sports initiatives have encouraged employees to be active during their free time. The Group supports
and funds fitness center memberships as well as solo and team sports such as soccer, badminton, tennis, squash,
ice hockey, skiing and cross-country skiing. The main objective behind this broad selection of sports is to create a
better work-life balance and strengthen team spirit.
This preventive principle is also the main focus of the UNIQA Vital Truck, where 150 interested employees this
year enjoyed a professional appraisal of their fitness levels and received advice on training.
To ensure that our sites can be reached in an environmentally friendly manner and to make short work trips, we
offer our employees five bicycles (including three eBikes) for use free of charge. The topic of movement was
also the focus of the global “10,000 steps a day for health” challenge, in which the company participated for
the fifth time. In 2018, 119 employees across 17 teams enthusiastically and successfully pursued the team goals
over a period of 100 days.
Special attention is also paid to maintaining good mental health. The company offers employees a free
“Employee Assistance Program” that provides support during periods of mental stress, whether of a personal or
professional nature. This service is provided by an external specialist who can be contacted by employees for
information about preventing burnout and dealing with stress. This option is available on an anonymous basis.
Since 2017, RBI has offered support through an occupational psychologist in addition to the measures set out
in the Employee Protection Act in the area of prevention assignments (occupational physicians and security
specialists). To enable an easy and potentially quicker return to work after a longer period of illness, we offer
our employees “reintegration part-time work”. To the extent permitted by law, optimal reintegration variants are
developed in cooperation between employees, HR, managers, the Staff Council, and occupational physicians.
The Family Days in 2018 were dedicated to the topics of “Puberty” (media and addiction, divorce and patchwork
families) and “Dealing with dementia” (explaining dementia to children and young people, guilt and feelings
of guilt). The events were attended by around 150 employees. Another information series – the “impulse
presentations” – provided more than 160 employees with information on the topics of stress reduction, safe
travel, and intestinal health.
The Austrian RBI subsidiaries have also placed a lot of emphasis on occupational healthcare for many years
already. To this end, there are regular evaluations and training courses on, for example, occupational health and
safety. Extensive internal sports and gymnastics courses are offered alongside programs for sport and culture. In
the same way as at RBI, prevention assignments involving an occupational psychologist and the “Employee
Assistance Program” have been introduced at all associated companies.
Health initiatives at our network banks
Health care is also a central issue at the network banks of RBI across the various countries. In order to supplement
the range of programs aimed at preventing illnesses and preserving health above and beyond the regulatory
requirements, employees can make use of a wide range of offers and activities. The range of services varies
greatly, depending on what is needed and what can be provided locally in the individual countries.
The available offers are illustrated by two examples from the network banks:
Since 2013 Raiffeisen Bank S.A. in Romania has offered a program with a variety of measures for a healthy
work environment throughout the organization under the name “RStyle – A Balanced Lifestyle”. The extremely
comprehensive program is aimed at all employees and is based on three main pillars: physical health, mentalemotional
balance, and healthy interpersonal relationships. It presents the employees with a set of measures that
provide solutions for guiding them to a healthy lifestyle and improving the quality of life and performance at work.
The program is intended to provide self-esteem and emotional balance for a good balance between working
and working life. In 2018, a total of approximately 2,700 employees, corresponding to around half of the bank’s
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