No. 24: Central Bank

Category: Under $3B in Assets
Lexington, Ky.
www.centralbank.com  
Assets at June 30: $1.93 billion
No. of Employees: 468
Chairman, President and CEO: Luther Deaton

Popular with employees: An "appointment time" benefit provides eight hours of paid time off for employees who need to schedule all kinds of daytime appointments, ranging from oil changes to parent-teacher conferences, during work hours.

Career development program: The bank's human resources director offers career counseling to interested employees, helps them format their resumes and conducts mock interviews when they apply for internal promotions.

Fitness/wellness program: To promote use of the stairs, the bank hired art students from the University of Kentucky to paint wellness-themed murals on stairwell walls.

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