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.

Number of the day: pandemic PTSD risk

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

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

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

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

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

5 employer strategies to help with soaring inflation

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

IRS takes shot at rising inflation with 2023 HSA limits

Contribution limits are increasing significantly as inflation soars.

Number of the day: Retirement benefits

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

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

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

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

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

How Moderna is helping its workers while they help the world

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.

Number of the day: Talking mental health with HR leaders

'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.