Empowering its hourly employees financially is a priority for this bank. It offers those working at least 20 hours per week the ability to build wealth with 401(k) plans and pretax dependent care and health care accounts (all of which are met by matching funds) and gives them the option of purchasing discounted stock. To promote wellness, the company offers flexible schedules and free medical screenings. In 2011, a call center renovation in Richmond introduced the bank’s fourth on-site health clinic.

Founder, Chairman and CEO: Richard Fairbank 

Chief HR Officer: Jory Berson

Work hours required for family health insurance: 20

Formal advancement program offered for hourly employees? No

% of hourly employees promoted to manager positions: --

Job-skills training offered for hourly employees? Yes

Managers rewarded for helping hourly employees advance? Yes

Lactation program offered for nursing mother employees? Yes

Paid time off offered to employees? Yes

Employee mothers with one year of service offered extra time off (beyond the 12 weeks required by FMLA) following childbirth? Yes