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 Slok has previously invoked Jevons paradox to explain why AI will actually create more jobs overall, despite some employers attributing layoffs to the technology. —

Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 10 May 2026 Social Security is financed by a payroll tax paid for by employers and employees. —

Adisa Hargett-Robinson, The Washington Examiner, 10 May 2026 America’s employers delivered a surprising 115,000 new jobs last month despite an economic shock from the Iran war. —

Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026 The key for employers is to keep lines of communication open, Wolfe said. —

Stephanie Dhue, CNBC, 8 May 2026 The report follows a strong March report, when employers added a revised 185,000 jobs, according to the Labor Department. —

Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 8 May 2026 Those are key elements to building a strong résumé and trust with employers. —

Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 8 May 2026 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

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Noun

The committee, which included teachers, administrators, counselors, nurses and social workers, cross referenced this frequent flyer list with student grades to identify students who were struggling and missing a lot of class.

— Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
The 1984 rodeo made a profit of $23,000, but administrators cited additional and prohibitive costs as the reason for discontinuing future rodeos.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 May 2026