Provident Financial signs the European Charter of Diversity
15.04.2016Company: Amcham
Provident Financial signed the Charter of Diversity and confirmed its commitment to diversity principles and to maintaining a workplace environment that is open to all.
In regards to gender, women in Provident are very well represented, including 3 Board Members. In senior management team there are 40% of women and on line-management positions even 61%. Provident regularly takes part in the Equilibrium programme of the British Chamber of Commerce and it has successfully passed two audits of equal opportunities organised by Gender Studies.
To its employees Provident offers work-life balance benefits such as extra week of holidays, flexible working hours, home-office and flexible contracts. Employees also have 2 days for volunteering activities and to new dads the company offers 3 days of extra holidays.
The European Charter of Diverstiy was already signed by over 7000 organizations across Europe. In the Czech Republic it is coordinated by Business for Society and is supported by the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs.
Provident Financial is one of the biggest non-bank providers of consumer credit. It was founded in the UK already in 1880 and is active on the Czech market since 1997.
