Parents at Valassis Communications appreciate its on-site family rooms, dependent care referral service, $5,000 adoption benefit (with 10 days of paid leave) and pre-tax dependent-care accounts, which come with an annual match of up to $600.

At this media and marketing services company, manufacturing employees (who make up the majority of hourly workers) engage in monthly chats with leadership to discuss what the company is doing well and what it could do better. Management further rewards self-determination by reimbursing anyone who works 37.5 hours a week at least 80% of tuition costs for job-related courses or degrees, up to $4,000 annually; for a master’s or PhD, they’ll cover up to $5,250.

President and CEO: Rob Mason 

General Counsel, Senior VP, Administration: Todd Wiseley 

Work hours required for family health insurance: 20

Formal advancement program offered for hourly employees? No

% of hourly employees promoted to manager positions: 1%

Job-skills training offered for hourly employees? Yes

Managers rewarded for helping hourly employees advance? No

Lactation program offered for nursing mother employees? Yes

Paid time off offered to employees? Yes

Employee mothers with one year of service offered extra time off (beyond the 12 weeks required by FMLA) following childbirth? No