Kathryn Mayer

Kathryn Mayer is HRE’s former benefits editor and chair of the Health & Benefits Leadership Conference. She has covered benefits for the better part of a decade, and her stories have won multiple awards, including a Jesse H. Neal Award and honors from the American Society of Business Publication Editors and the National Federation of Press Women. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Denver.

Benefits news you may have missed: May 24-28

From how employers can address anxiety over CDC mask guidance to Amazon’s new mental health benefit, here are some of this week’s top stories.

How COVID-19 has altered HR leadership

Empathy and vulnerability are among the traits HR execs should embrace, Edward Jones's CHRO said during the Health & Benefits Leadership Conference.