Expectant moms who work at this academic medical center love its on-site prenatal yoga, counseling for new parents, sibling courses, breastfeeding consultations and the employee health clinic at headquarters. Now there’s a brand-new child care facility at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, too, which serves 280 kids under age 5 and offers summer, holiday and backup care to those ages 6 to 12. It joins another center located at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, in Lake Forest, IL, but parents who prefer to try other care options can meet with (or call) an employee assistance counselor for guidance. If moms would like to stay home with the kids for a while, they can off-ramp while doing occasional projects for the center.

President & CEO Dean Harrison

Senior VP, HR Dean Manheimer

Women managers/execs 67%

Women hires in 2011 76%

Average weeks of fully paid maternity leave offered 8

Offers paid paternity leave? No

Offers paid adoption leave? No

Women in affinity groups in 2011 14%

Offers backup child care? Yes

Employees working flexibly 100%