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 Over the past decade or so, hourly workers across an increasing number of industries have been grappling with erratic schedules that their employers put in place using technology designed to minimize labor costs and maximize productivity. —

Huo Jingnan, NPR, 3 May 2026 Increasingly, employers are also focused on judgment and decision-making — especially in uncertain or high-pressure situations. —

Alyshia Hull, USA Today, 3 May 2026 Trust between employers and employees is tanking. —

Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 3 May 2026 Some employers are fostering efforts to bring workers into the office more frequently, adding amenities. —

Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026 More changes can be expected as employers set their 2027 budgets and are seeing red over rising healthcare costs. —

Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 3 May 2026 At the center of the tension with the employers was protecting the healthcare that our members and their families depend on. —

Manny Pastreich, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026 Local employers must also recognize the role affordable housing plays in the well-being of their workforce and invest in their employees’ stability. —

Ryan Von Weller, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2026 With this information, employers can steer employees to the best-value providers, remedy overbilling by intermediaries, and design affordable health plans with lower premiums. —

Jordan Bruneau, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for employers

Noun

District administrators gave some details at an April 7 meeting about what caused the delays.

— Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 3 May 2026
Schools’ response At South Elgin High School, school resource officer Patrick Eversole started a campaign on social media with other officers and school administrators to communicate to students and parents the dangers of the game.

— Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026