It takes a real leap of faith to trust a new caregiver to look after your child or elderly relative, but this utility company helps employees do just that by offering a variety of solid options. Mothers who have infants, toddlers and kindergartners access subsidized rates at a day-care facility near the Columbus, OH, headquarters; those who live in other locations rely on discounts at a nationwide web of child-care centers. employees receive up to 20 days of backup care annually, which they use to request in-home help ($4 per hour) or visit area facilities ($15 per day). Parents of tweens and teens mingle in company-sponsored support groups; their older kids benefit from counseling, college-coaching programs and scholarships.

Chairman, President & CEO Michael Morris

VP, HR Genevieve Tuchow

Women managers/execs 12% 

Women among top earners 12% 

Women hires in 2010 22% 

Average weeks of fully paid maternity leave offered 4 

Allows new moms to “phase back” into work with reduced hours? Yes

Offers affinity group for new mothers? No

Offers backup childcare? Yes

Employees working flexibly Not tracked