WellStar Health System saved employees more than $200,000 last year after it introduced free tax preparation services for those earning less than $42,000.

Great benefits got even better last year for working parents at this Georgia health-care system based in Marietta. Employees who give birth or adopt can now take 16 job-guaranteed weeks off (up from 14 in 2007) to welcome a new child, and there’s a $4,000 reimbursement (up from $2,500) for adoptive parents. Aware that 80% of staffers have caregiver responsibilities, the organization added childcare spaces at a YWCA in Hiram, complementing two on-site child-care centers in Marietta and Austell. On top of that, WellStar introduced backup care for just $2 to $4 per hour, doubling the annual allowance to 80 hours.President & CEO: Gregory Simone, MD

Executive Vice President Human Resources, David Anderson: David Anderson

Women managers/execs: 81%

Women among top earners: 61%

Women on board of directors: 11%

Women corporate executive hires in 2008: 29%

Women participating in management or leadership training in the past year: 65%

Women participating in formalized executive succession planning last year: 82%

Women promoted last year who utilized a formal flexible work arrangement: 75%

Formal compensation policies reward managers who help women advance: Yes