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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

Benefits news you may have missed: Feb. 8-12

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From Target and Kroger launching vaccine incentives to HRE’s benefits conference becoming a free, virtual event, here are some of the week’s top stories.
Coronavirus

Research: Most employers unlikely to mandate vaccinations

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Fewer than 10% of organizations plan to require employees to get vaccinated, two new surveys find, but most expect to encourage workers to do so.
Benefits

Target joins growing number of employers incentivizing vaccines

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The retailer is offering extra pay and free transportation to workers who get vaccinated.
Benefits

Health and Benefits Leadership Conference will be virtual, free

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Registration is now open for the May event, which will go in-depth on how organizations are responding to COVID-19.
Coronavirus

HRE’s number of the day: soaring stress levels

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More than three-quarters of employees are struggling with stress. Here’s what that means for HR leaders.
Compensation

COVID-19 vaccine incentive trend gains steam with Kroger

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The employer is the latest to encourage workers to get inoculated.
Benefits

More employers are turning to these COVID-19 vaccine incentives

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Aldi, Instacart and Trader Joe’s are offering financial incentives to workers to get vaccinated.
Benefits

Benefits news you may have missed: Feb. 1-5

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From a serious decline in employee mental health to why employers need to make a COVID-19 vaccine strategy now, here are some of the week’s top stories.
'HR Executive' experts

Mayer: Don’t have a COVID-19 vaccine strategy? It’s time to make one

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Employers play a key role in vaccinations.
Compensation

Want to convince workers to get a COVID-19 vaccine? Try money

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Certain incentives could boost vaccination rates, new data finds.
Coronavirus

Huffington: ‘Dealing with stress is no longer just a box to check’

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Small, actionable steps can help address employee mental health challenges, experts say.
Coronavirus

HRE’s number of the day: wellbeing focus

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Most organizations say their top priority is keeping employees healthy.
Coronavirus

Mental health numbers ‘going in the wrong direction’

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A serious decline in employees’ mental health makes it imperative that employers step up to help, researchers say.
Benefits

Chobani offering workers paid time off to get COVID-19 vaccine

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It’s one of the first announcements by an employer on how they are encouraging workers to get vaccinated.
Career Development

HR leaders report soaring amounts of stress

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HRE’s annual ‘What’s Keeping HR Up at Night’ survey will be the topic of a panel discussion next month during Spring HR Tech.
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