Thesaurus results for EMPLOYERS

employers

noun

plural of employer

as in administrators

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 Retirement security, once largely the responsibility of employers, increasingly shifted to employees. —

Sheila Callaham, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 The California Chamber of Commerce and dozens of industry groups back the reforms, arguing costs burden employers and local budgets. —

Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 31 May 2026 Starting in the 1980s, employers largely changed their retirement vehicle of choice from pensions to 401(k) plans, essentially shifting the responsibility for retirement savings onto individuals. —

Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 30 May 2026 Some employers may extend same-day job interviews and/or offers. —

Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2026 Are health care costs rising for employers? —

Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for employers

Noun

One of the nation’s largest class action claims administrators has agreed not to accept rebates from prepaid card issuers, banks or other vendors amid criticism that claims administrators have secretly profited from class action payouts.

— Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
And our job as election administrators is to ensure that there's fair, secure, accessible elections.

— Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 1 June 2026