employer:

[plural: 'employers'; the opposite word in meaning: 'employee ( ← ← previous entry)']

an employer (L) shouting at his employee (R)

a person, office or organisation that hires workers to do work/jobs for them;

a person who employs others, i.e. a person who gives some job, work, position, etc. to another person, office, organisation, etc., by paying money,

an employer with his employees

e.g.

Our boss, Ms Kate, is a good employer and we the employees working for her love her very much.

Some employers are known to treat their employees so badly that no sensible person works for him for more than a month.

With over 1.4 million employees, the Indian Railway is the largest employer in the world!

Because there are many employers who deliberately mis-classify their employees as contract workers to avoid some future legalities, the Californian government has imposed stricter regulations that include heavy penalties if caught.

For an article that explains the responsibilities of an employer, please click here, for an article that explains what an Employer Identification Number, please click here, for a news article that answers some questions regarding ‘employers’, please click here, for an educative item of news that shows us how employers meeting young people still school makes it easy for the young people to become good employees, please click here and for an item of news about employers in the UK, please click here.

If directed from Words Often Confused, back to “employee ~ employer“.

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