From its healthy-pregnancy programs and stress management sessions to its cancer screenings, this financial services firm strives to keep workers well, offering six on-site health clinics, two physical therapy centers, two fitness centers, personal health coaches and a 24-hour nursing hotline. All employees can apply for flexible work arrangements (which are subject to manager approval), and 62% of them worked remotely at some point in 2011. Primary caregivers who give birth, adopt or foster children get 16 fully paid weeks off, with $5,000 in adoption aid ($6,000 for children with special needs). Maternity coaching sessions at the firm’s metro New York locations help both expectant moms and their managers prepare for that transition.

Chairman & CEO James Gorman

Managing Director, Global HR Management Jeff Brodsky

Women managers/execs 24%

Women hires in 2011 38%

Average weeks of fully paid maternity leave offered 16

Offers paid paternity leave? Yes

Offers paid adoption leave? Yes

Women in affinity groups in 2011 19%

Offers backup child care? Yes

Employees working flexibly 60%