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 Social Security is financed by a payroll tax paid for by employers and employees. —

Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 8 Mar. 2026 While the house itself offers privacy and quiet, its location places it within easy reach of some of the region’s largest employers, including UConn Health, Hartford HealthCare, and Pratt & Whitney. —

Miriam Schwartz, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2026 And no one at the sheriff’s office called his previous employers or his references. —

USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026 An economy that values direct support professionals strengthens families, employers and local economies. —

Jonathon Rondeau, Baltimore Sun, 8 Mar. 2026 The legislature should be slowing down, scrutinizing, and rejecting policies that raise costs, increase regulatory burdens, and expand litigation against employers. —

Chris Richardson, Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2026 Additionally, California could increase its taxable wage base, which limits how much of workers’ salaries employers have to pay taxes on. —

William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026 Despite an amendment hastily added before the hearing, the bill would interfere with workers’ ability to lawfully picket their employers and would impede teachers and students from voicing their opinions about matters of public concern. —

Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2026 Nearly 330,000 people whose convictions in Los Angeles County went unreported for decades will soon have their rap sheets updated and, potentially, their employers notified for the first time. —

Jason Henry, Daily News, 1 Mar. 2026

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Connecticut Education Association President Kate Dias said that might help explain why the state’s teachers’ unions are strongly in favor of a statewide bell-to-bell ban, while administrators and boards of education are mixed, if not against.

— Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2026
The White House on Friday hosted a college sports roundtable with conference commissioners, university administrators and media stakeholders, but didn’t include athletes.

— Evan Drellich, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026