UrBC, Magnitogorsk, September 25, 2018. MMK Group directed RUR 161.7m to employee medical and healthcare programs in the first half of 2018, the company press service reports.

The Group makes a special focus on keeping its workers healthy. Employee Health Improvement Program was adopted last year that meets all the modern standards and employees’ expectations in the in-company healthcare sector.

The Program currently covers three important areas: job safety; treatment and prevention of diseases and illnesses; and a healthy lifestyle. In addition to regular physicals, the company clinic also offers employees some immunization options and vitamin-enriched smoothies and does routine checks of their workplaces’ sanitary condition. MMK also does quantitative assessments of the relation between working in the metallurgical sector and having musculoskeletal dysfunctions; starting from as early as 2009, MMK Group’s employees can sign up for the Pain-Free Back and Lung Health plans.