Thesaurus results for EMPLOYER

employer

noun

as in administrator

a person or company that has people who do work for wages or a salary; a person or company that has employees It was the employer's responsibility to improve workplace safety. Your travel expenses should be paid for by your employer.

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Recent Examples of employer Maven contracts with health plans and employers, and 70% of employers the company surveyed said the cost of fertility care has increased in the last three years. —

Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 12 Feb. 2025 And 14% fear their condition would give employers a reason to fire them. —

Maya Goldman, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025 Still, the federal government is the biggest employer in the US and Black people, who have the highest unemployment rates, risk greater job loss as a result. —

Kizzy Cox, Essence, 11 Feb. 2025 As a father, husband, and employer, he must be held accountable. —

Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for employer

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Trump has nominated Linda McMahon, the former head of wrestling’s WWE and his previous Small Business Administration administrator, as education secretary, and former TV doctor and unsuccessful Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate Mehmet Oz as head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

— Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
To the contrary, during his first term, forty-two per cent of the leadership positions at OSHA, including the job of chief administrator, were left vacant.

— Eyal Press, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025