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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 employers
Lawmakers considered a bill that would ban employers from running unnecessary credit checks on prospective employees.
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Christina Lengyel | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Dec. 2024
Shanghai authorities plan to establish a centralized list of employers offering such positions and incorporate these roles into public employment services.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
The good news for early talent is that employers are increasingly OK with hybrid roles.
—Christine Y. Cruzvergara, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
As the trends change, employers need to consider the long game.
—Edward Tuorinsky, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The city will also ask employers to let workers work at home rather than clog the freeways as usual.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
These colleges accept most students who apply, are less well-funded, and do not command the same attention from top employers.
—Michael Collins, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
But while more Americans may see apprenticeships as a path into the workforce, employers have generally been slow to offer them.
—Jon Marcus, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
An emerging body of research nationwide blames this imbalance partly on reluctance among employers to provide apprenticeships.
—Jon Marcus, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
Christina Lengyel | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Dec. 2024
Shanghai authorities plan to establish a centralized list of employers offering such positions and incorporate these roles into public employment services.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
The good news for early talent is that employers are increasingly OK with hybrid roles.
—Christine Y. Cruzvergara, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
As the trends change, employers need to consider the long game.
—Edward Tuorinsky, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The city will also ask employers to let workers work at home rather than clog the freeways as usual.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
These colleges accept most students who apply, are less well-funded, and do not command the same attention from top employers.
—Michael Collins, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
But while more Americans may see apprenticeships as a path into the workforce, employers have generally been slow to offer them.
—Jon Marcus, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
An emerging body of research nationwide blames this imbalance partly on reluctance among employers to provide apprenticeships.
—Jon Marcus, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for employers
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Earlier this year, two teenagers filed a class-action lawsuit against a Kentucky youth detention center and its administrators, claiming that they were subjected to oppressive isolation, denied basic hygiene, showers, and medications, and forced to listen to a toddler song.Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
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With fewer ships, administrators also increased the fees that shippers are charged to reserve slots to use the canal.Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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But far more significant is the fact that football, essentially, actively discourages managers to switch off.Rory Smith, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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That can sometimes start in-game with managers taking players off when a match is won, as Arteta has done with Saka at times this season.Geoff Scott, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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The board approved the deal upon the recommendation of a special committee of independent directors that conducted a review of the transaction proposal submitted earlier this year.David Moin, WWD, 24 Dec. 2024
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Hollywood loves directors who start small and go big.Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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The case supervisors and crime bosses are female, too—played by such veteran character actresses as Lancashire, Tracey Ullman, and a gnomic Kathryn Hunter.Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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After receiving staunch criticism about police pursuits, the NYPD switched gears, implementing new policies in which supervisors must approve police pursuits based on a number of factors, including if the decision to pursue could harm the public.Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
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Other founding principals include fellow academicians Andrei Shleifer and Robert Vishny.Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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In Vietnam, a global fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) brand worked with local school principals and health workers to promote hygiene practices, integrating these efforts into community health campaigns.Aman Gupta, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Employers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employers. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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