80% of workers at Pearson flexed and compressed their schedules last year.

This global media, Internet and advertising giant puts the world at its employees’ fingertips, thanks to its investment in a comprehensive resource and referral program that offers expert answers on everything from what healthy foods staffers should throw into their grocery cart to where they can find a great parenting class to who has the best dog-walking service in town. To help working parents embrace its “Live Well, Work Well” motto, the Upper Saddle River, NJ, company also offers 10% discounts on child care through a national chain and provides backup care at home or through an area center for just $10 per day. Women who give birth receive eight paid weeks off, while those who adopt get two paid weeks plus $5,000 in assistance—a perk that’s helped 100 kids gain new families since its introduction in 1999. Flexibility is also important: 80% of workers flexed or compressed their schedules last year.

CEO: Marjorie Scardino

Senior VP, HR: Christine Trum

Women managers/execs: 52%

Women among top earners: 37%

Women on board of directors: 25%

Women corporate executive hires in 2008: 38%

Women participating in management or leadership training in the past year: 10%

Women participating in formalized executive succession planning last year: N/A

Women promoted last year who utilized a formal flexible work arrangement: 60%

Formal compensation policies reward managers who help women advance: No