Staying healthy is a little easier for employees of this wireless communications provider, which makes medical coverage available to anyone working 30 hours per week and pays 80% of the cost. Under its plans, all prenatal care, well-baby visits, childhood immunizations and annual checkups are free. To encourage workers to take their health seriously, the company has also introduced My Wellness, an online portal through which employees conduct personal health assessments, sign up for in-house weight-loss competitions and complete daily health challenges. Working out is a breeze for those who visit the fitness center at headquarters; if employees join a gym or engage in other sports activities—tennis, fencing, horseback riding—the company will subsidize half the cost, up to $50 per month. When it’s time to relax, workers in Denver and San Diego can access private wellness rooms with sinks, fridges and comfy chairs, where they may also pray or breastfeed. If retail store employees need a mini break, they can swap part or all of their shifts. Working just 20 hours per week nets employees 7.5 vacation days, 20 hours of sick time and four hours for volunteering annually, all of which doubles if they work 35 hours a week.

Hourly workers 63%

President & CEO Doug Hutcheson

Senior VP, HR Leonard Stephens

Female hourly workers 48%

Work hours required for family health insurance 30

Job skills training during work hours for hourly workers Yes

Encourage breaks so nursing moms can breast-pump Yes

Average annual paid time off taken by hourly workers 15 days

Minimum job-guaranteed maternity leave offered to hourly workers 12 weeks

Minimum paid maternity leave offered to hourly workers 5 weeks at full pay