Health care

UNM Hospitals

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Headquarters 
Albuquerque, NM
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“Spanish for Medical Personnel” classes and medical interpreter training at UNM Hospitals help boost hourly workers’ marketable skills.

Employees 
5561

Promoting women is a no-brainer for this academic medical center, where an impressive 90% of managers and supervisors are female.

University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics

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Headquarters 
Madison, WI
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Free bus passes for UWHC employees make it more affordable for them to commute to work or go on family outings during the weekend.

Employees 
7574

No matter how much planning you do as a parent, there are always those moments when everything falls apart—which is why hourly worker moms love the new backup-care program offered by this 471-bed academic medical center and its 80 outpatient clinics.

WellPoint

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Headquarters 
Indianapolis, IN
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WellPoint employee children who are the first in their families to attend college are eligible for scholarships of up to $20,000.

Employees 
43479
Women 
77%

Knowing that women make 70% of all health-care decisions for their families, this Indianapolis-based health benefits company understands it’s smart to support their representation at the top.

Yale–New Haven Hospital

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Headquarters 
New Haven, CT
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Nurses who choose to work at Yale–New Haven Hospital after years out of the workforce are eligible for an 18-class refresher program with free tuition.

Employees 
7735
Women 
76%

Moms thrive at this New Haven, CT, teaching hospital, which carefully customizes its work/life offerings for every rung on the ladder.

Wellstar Health System

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Headquarters 
Marietta, GA
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WellStar Health System saved employees more than $200,000 last year after it introduced free tax preparation services for those earning less than $42,000.

Women 
84%

Great benefits got even better last year for working parents at this Georgia health-care system based in Marietta. Employees who give birth or adopt can now take 16 job-guaranteed weeks off (up from 14 in 2007) to welcome a new child, and there’s a $4,000 reimbursement (up from $2,500) for adoptive parents.

University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics

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Headquarters 
Madison, WI
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Full-time employees of the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics are automatically given at least 35 paid days off each year.

Employees 
7574
Women 
75%

Just months after her second daughter was born, Kari Schrage visited this academic medical center to interview for a job as senior public affairs specialist—and was immediately sold by what she saw penciled in on her schedule.

TriHealth

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Headquarters 
Cincinnati, OH
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In 2008, TriHealth bumped its annual tuition aid to $5,000 from $3,000 for full-time employees and upped it to $3,000 from $2,000 for part-time workers.

Employees 
9747
Women 
83%

Summer is a blast for kids whose moms work at this Cincinnati-based health-care organization, where on-site camps offer cooking, sports and science lessons when school’s out.

Scripps Health

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Headquarters 
San Diego, CA
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Scripps employees are pampered with six free chair massages per year.

Employees 
12554
Women 
78%

This San Diego, CA, health-care system employs a Life Cycle approach to careers that allows its 86% female workforce to adjust their job responsibilities as family needs change.

Providence Health & Services Alaska

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Headquarters 
Anchorage, AK
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Employees of Providence Health & Services Alaska and their offspring get an annual 35% tuition break (worth nearly $6,000) at University of Great Falls.

Employees 
4241
Women 
79%

Alaska’s largest private employer has a family feel that reflects its 79% female workforce.

Pitt County Memorial Hospital

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Headquarters 
Greenville, NC
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At Pitt County Memorial Hospital, working moms with postpartum depression can join a support group that will pick them up from home and provide free child care during sessions.

Women 
78%

Sensitivity to employee needs is evident in the programs offered by this Greenville, NC, hospital, which last year trained 75% of its managers to address staffers’ work/life concerns.

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