UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 7, 2019. According to HeadHunter’s recent survey, 44% of Sverdlovsk Region’s residents who submitted their responses do not believe a four-day working week will become a reality within the next three to five years. 34% of those surveyed, however, are positive this is a likely scenario. ’60% of respondents are only prepared to switch to a four-day week if their pay stays the same. 20% would agree to it in any case, and 10% are strongly against it. The idea proved most popular with respondents working in the IT sector and marketing (23% and 22% of respondents,

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 7, 2019. Neiva Bank now employs personal consultants to help businesses handle all the difficulties to do with the application of the Federal Law No. 115-FZ (‘On Combating Legalisation (Laundering) of Proceeds from Crime and Financing of Terrorism’), the bank’s press service reports. ‘The Ural banks have grown tired of waiting for the Central Bank to see to it that the large-scale locking and blacklisting of companies’ accounts stops. The banking market players must meet the CBR’s regulations and ensure strict financial control over their customers’ accounts, so

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, November 7, 2019. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) came 26th in the Russian industrial enterprises’ productivity rating, MMK’s Information & PR Department reports. The company’s labor productivity was estimated at RUB 25.62m per employee in 2018. ‘This is one of the best performance indicators in the Russian metallurgical sector and the best one among the country’s largest integrated metallurgical works. In 2017, labor productivity at MMK was estimated at RUB 21.75m per employee,’ MMK says. According to MMK representatives, the continuous increase in labor

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, November 7, 2019. A series of environmental projects implemented by Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) made Magnitogorsk air two times cleaner than before, MMK’s Information & PR Department reports. According to the company, the town’s air pollution figures are currently at their all-time low, which is confirmed by data from both the plant’s air monitoring stations and those belonging to Rosgridomet. MMK has invested more than RUB 21bn in green projects since 2017. The company implemented a whole range of environmental projects to bring the air pollution levels

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 7, 2019. ChelPipe Group’s team won nine medals in the 6th national blue-collar job championship WorldSkills Hi Tech 2019 in Yekaterinburg, the Group’s press service reports. ‘The Group’s experts and contestants (including children from ChelPipe Group Tech Clubs, students on the Future of White-Coated Metallurgy Corporate Training Program and Tatarstan’s College of The Future Corporate Training Program, and employees of the company’s pipe-manufacturing and oilfield service divisions) competed in thirteen categories in General, Junior, and 50+ sections,’ the press