Pfizer’s elder care case management program connects employees with a consultant who helps them address the health, financial and emotional issues associated with caring for aging relatives.

Moms who want to move up find plenty of inspiration at this health care company, which boasts a speaker series on gender research and career management and offers mentoring circles, leadership conferences and a global council for women. To further expand their options, they can sign up for college courses and tap up to $10,000 in annual tuition aid; educational leaves of absence lasting up to a year (with health benefits) are available. If they need to keep a close eye on young kids, mothers can apply for a telecommuting arrangement or enroll little ones in the day care centers at headquarters or in Madison, NJ, and Cambridge, MA. In a pinch, parents at all sites can utilize a backup child care program up to 20 times per year and get partial subsidies.

Chairman & CEO Ian Read

Executive VP, Worldwide HR Charles Hill

Women managers/execs 47%

Women hires in 2011 49%

Average weeks of fully paid maternity leave offered 12

Offers paid paternity leave? Yes

Offers paid adoption leave? Yes

Women in affinity groups in 2011 Not tracked

Offers backup child care? Yes

Employees working flexibly 86%