Playing to its strengths, this health system focused on its workers’ well-being in 2011. In September, it opened an on-site health clinic at its flagship St. Mary’s Hospital, in Richmond, VA, where employees and their family members can obtain medical care for as little as $10 per visit; now, it has another four clinics in the works. Parents benefit from the system’s free health coaching, nutrition counseling and medical screenings; if they commit to making healthy lifestyle changes, they can earn a special gift of $300 (or an extra 12 paid hours off). Anyone who fills out a health risk assessment gets an $800 discount off insurance premiums.

CEO Peter Bernard

Administrative Director, Work and Family Services Dawn Trivette

Women managers/execs 72%

Women hires in 2011 80%

Average weeks of fully paid maternity leave offered 1

Offers paid paternity leave? Yes

Offers paid adoption leave? Yes

Women in affinity groups in 2011 2%

Offers backup child care? Yes

Employees working flexibly 80%