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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

Number of the day: financial stress

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A bleak new report sheds light on how much employees are struggling to pay their bills. Here’s what it means to HR leaders.
Benefits

Food, concerts and more: Can they help lure workers back into offices?

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Experts and HR leaders say such benefits as childcare and even free food can help entice employees back after two years of working at home.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

6 ways to help employees after the Texas mass shooting

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Experts offer strategies for supporting workers.
Communication strategy

Number of the day: 2023 HSA contribution limit

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Annual health savings account contribution limits are increasing in one of the biggest jumps ever.
Benefits

Passionate about benefits? Submit to speak at HRE’s 2023 conference

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Innovative HR and benefits leaders are encouraged to submit a proposal to share ideas at next year’s Health and Benefits Leadership Conference.
Communication strategy

Number of the day: pandemic PTSD risk

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Employees are still reeling from the effects of COVID-19 and still need mental health support, new data finds.
Benefits

Employers announcing abortion travel benefits in wake of Roe v. Wade news

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Amazon, Yelp and others are updating their offerings ahead of a final ruling from the Supreme Court.
Communication strategy

Back to basics? The core benefit HR can no longer take for granted

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Comprehensive medical coverage may be a key piece to addressing the Great Resignation, new research from Quest Diagnostics finds.
Benefits

5 employer strategies to help with soaring inflation

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As the cost-of-living climbs, employees are looking for help—and employers can assist with creative perks, compensation changes and more.
Employee Wellbeing

IRS takes shot at rising inflation with 2023 HSA limits

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Contribution limits are increasing significantly as inflation soars.
Employee Wellbeing

Number of the day: Retirement benefits

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More employees cite benefits as key reason for joining or staying with employer.
Employee Wellbeing

‘Time for employers to take action’ on soaring healthcare costs

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Tackling employee healthcare affordability amid rising costs will be employers’ biggest priority in the coming years, new research says.
Communication strategy

ComPsych CEO on employers’ mental health efforts: ‘It’s never enough’

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Richard Chaifetz talks about what’s going right—and wrong—with organizations’ work and the programs they provide employees.
Benefits

How Moderna is helping its workers while they help the world

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Since early in the pandemic, Moderna employees have been taking care of the world. Here’s how the biochem company is taking care of them—for COVID and beyond.
Communication strategy

Number of the day: Talking mental health with HR leaders

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'The fact that 80% of American workers don’t feel comfortable talking about mental health with HR is a borderline public health crisis,' one industry insider says.
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