A story on mental-health themes and challenges for 2024 was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this week.

Here are the top five human resources, benefits, pension and investment stories of the past week:

1. Expert panel: Employers taking preventative, holistic approach to employee mental health in 2024

2. AI holds uncapped potential for pension plan sponsors’ administration, communications: expert

3. Highest-cost drugs reimbursed by Canadian public plans in 2021/22 were rare disease treatments: report

4. Employers increasingly aware of lifetime pension pools, but more work to be done: report

5. 84% of Canadian job seekers value work-life balance over climbing corporate ladder: survey