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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.
Coronavirus

CVS Health adding benefits as a result of coronavirus

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The retailer is turning to bonuses, expanded sick leave and a daycare benefit to assist and keep its employees during the pandemic.
Compensation

Stimulus package provides tax relief for student loan benefits

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Employers will get a tax break for annual contributions toward employees’ student debt this year.
Compensation

Kroger handing out bonuses, adding COVID-19 leave

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The nation’s largest grocer is among the employers aiming to help frontline workers with benefits during the pandemic.
Compensation

8 benefits employers should zero in on during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Continued health coverage, paid sick leave, financial wellness programs and more take the spotlight.
Coronavirus

Coalition: Protect employer-sponsored health coverage amid coronavirus

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Employers, other industry insiders call on policymakers to help safeguard coverage for millions.
Compensation

How employers should address employees’ 401(k) concerns

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As employees panic about their retirement accounts because of the coronavirus pandemic, employers need to provide reassurance and preach patience.
Coronavirus

Starbucks to offer therapy sessions to employees

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It’s the coffee giant’s latest addition to its mental health offerings.
Employee Benefits

Chipotle boosts parental leave, adds breast-milk shipping

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The restaurant chain is focusing on family-friendly enhancements in its latest move to improve its benefit offerings.
Employee Benefits

Levi’s rolls out paid family leave policy

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Employees will receive up to eight weeks of paid time off to care for a sick family member.
Compensation

Student debt: A $1.6 trillion problem

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As employees drown in school debt, a growing number of companies are getting educated on how to best help them–and getting creative with plan design.
Employee Benefits

Large employers set sights on paid leave

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More companies are expanding paid-leave benefits for new parents and caregivers, research finds.
Employee Benefits

What employers get wrong–and right–about benefits communications

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HBLC speaker Jennifer Benz sounds off on the latest communications trends.
Employee Benefits

Unum ups adoption assistance to $25,000

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The insurance company’s benefit boost is its latest effort to help working parents.
Compensation

Nationwide to invest $160 million in benefits, training

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Among the changes for the insurance company is a new program to upskill and reskill its workforce and a Summer Friday program.
Employee Benefits

Hoping to boost benefits engagement, employers turn to new ally: AI

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The role of AI in enrollment support is growing–and in the process, giving employees the resources and education to make better benefits decisions.
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