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: Feb. 22-26

From some improvement in employees’ mental health to how one hospital system tackled vaccines, here are some of the week’s top stories.

Benefits news you may have missed: Feb. 15-19

From the growing trend of vaccine incentives to record-high retirement contributions, here are some of the week’s top stories.

HRE’s number of the day: benefits confusion

One-third of workers have significant questions about the benefits they selected during open enrollment. Here’s what that means for HR leaders.