Health and wellbeing
Sickness benefits were the first form of assistance provided by the company, starting back at the end of the nineteenth century. They were calculated on the basis of the employee’s salary and length of service, in other words on their level of responsibility and number of years on the job, and they aimed to encourage workers to remain with the company. In the early twentieth century, assistance began to include “fees paid to doctors for home and outpatient visits” and in 1902, as part of an agreement between the company and the Workers’ Commission, assistance became mandatory, permanent and available to all employees. In 1926, a Healthcare Service (Servizio di Assistenza Sanitaria) was set up for employees, and was extended to family members as well shortly afterwards, providing free treatment at an in-company clinic or at home. It also offered specialist visits and diagnostic tests both internally and externally.
The service was way ahead of its time and the first in Italy, and it gradually expanded to include the supply of medicines free of charge and free hospitalisation in subsidised hospitals and nursing homes. Still today, the healthcare that Pirelli offers its employees is one of the most advanced in Italy. The Healthcare Fund (Fondo Assistenziale Sanitario, or FAS) reimburses employees and their families for various healthcare services and specialist visits. Medical examinations are offered free of charge at the Poliambulatorio at the Milano Bicocca headquarters. The “Pirelli Wellbeing” programme offers a wide range of courses to improve employees’ psycho-physical wellbeing, with 12 disciplines, including yoga, mindfulness, pilates, stretching, and bioenergetics.
Sickness benefits were the first form of assistance provided by the company, starting back at the end of the nineteenth century. They were calculated on the basis of the employee’s salary and length of service, in other words on their level of responsibility and number of years on the job, and they aimed to encourage workers to remain with the company. In the early twentieth century, assistance began to include “fees paid to doctors for home and outpatient visits” and in 1902, as part of an agreement between the company and the Workers’ Commission, assistance became mandatory, permanent and available to all employees. In 1926, a Healthcare Service (Servizio di Assistenza Sanitaria) was set up for employees, and was extended to family members as well shortly afterwards, providing free treatment at an in-company clinic or at home. It also offered specialist visits and diagnostic tests both internally and externally.
The service was way ahead of its time and the first in Italy, and it gradually expanded to include the supply of medicines free of charge and free hospitalisation in subsidised hospitals and nursing homes. Still today, the healthcare that Pirelli offers its employees is one of the most advanced in Italy. The Healthcare Fund (Fondo Assistenziale Sanitario, or FAS) reimburses employees and their families for various healthcare services and specialist visits. Medical examinations are offered free of charge at the Poliambulatorio at the Milano Bicocca headquarters. The “Pirelli Wellbeing” programme offers a wide range of courses to improve employees’ psycho-physical wellbeing, with 12 disciplines, including yoga, mindfulness, pilates, stretching, and bioenergetics.