It’s obvious that this health care organization considered the needs of its hourly workers when designing its benefits package. Requiring only that they be scheduled for at least 16 hours of work per week, it offers them medical insurance, 36 weeks of job-guaranteed parental leave (with partial pay), $10,000 in adoption assistance (per child) and at least $2,250 in annual tuition aid.

President & CEO: Reynold Jennings

Executive VP, HR & Organizational Learning: David Anderson

% of employees who are non-exempt workers 81%

% of non-exempt workers who are women 86%

Work hours required for family health insurance: 16

Formal advancement program offered for hourly employees? Yes

% of hourly employees promoted to salaried positions who were women: 78%

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? Yes