Flex Schedule, Hot Lunch? Sign Me Up!

Not exactly a newsflash, but interesting nonetheless. In its third annual study of gender diversity at California’s top companies, UC Davis announced today little progress in getting more women into executive positions and boardrooms at major California corporations. Of the state's 400 largest public companies, 122 have no women in a top executive position or on the board of directors. Half of the 400 companies have no woman among their executive officers, and almost half have no women in the boardroom. Just 13 percent of the companies has a female CEO.

Davis also named California’s top 25 companies in terms of gender diversity. The winner? Nara Bancorp, a Koreatown (Los Angeles)-based community bank, where 70 percent of the employees are women.

In a conference call, chief executive Min Jung Kim said the bank attracts top talent with flexible schedules, flexible holiday time and, something Kim said she always swore she’d implement if she was ever in a position of power: lunch. “As a woman and mom it is really hard to prepare your lunch at home. When I become an executive officer I thought what can I do for my employees? Since I implemented that program, other Korean banks started.’’ Go Kim.