employer
Source of paychecks
An employer is a person or organization that hires workers and pays them for their labor.
The term emphasizes the relationship from the hiring side: Her employer offers good benefits.
Employer appears frequently in legal and HR contexts—employer contributions, employer liability, employer of record.
The relationship implies ongoing work arrangements rather than one-time transactions.
Payment for work
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
- healthcareOrganized provision of treatment
pension · retirement · insurance · paycheck · bonus · severance · leave · vacation
One who directs workers
- managerOne who directs others
- bossWorkplace superior
- overseerOne who monitors work
- directorOne who leads
executive · foreman · superintendent · chief · administrator · head · leader · taskmaster
Legally separate business entity
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
- firmSolid or resolute
- enterpriseCommercial undertaking or initiative
- organizationStructured group with purpose
conglomerate · multinational · startup · franchise · subsidiary · partnership · proprietorship · small business
Funder of activities
- benefactorOne who gives aid
- backerFinancial supporter
- supporterOne who backs another
- funderOne who provides money
financier · underwriter · patron · angel investor · mentor · philanthropist · donor · endowment
Person who toils
- staffOrganization's workers collectively
- subordinateOne lower in rank
- hireTake on for work
- recruitNew member sought
workforce · personnel · labor · talent · team member · contractor · freelancer · intern
wages
Payment for work
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
healthcare · pension · retirement · insurance · paycheck · bonus · severance · leave · vacation · sick days
supervisor
One who directs workers
director · executive · foreman · superintendent · chief · administrator · head · leader · taskmaster · controller
corporation
Legally separate business entity
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
- firmSolid or resolute
- enterpriseCommercial undertaking or initiative
organization · conglomerate · multinational · startup · franchise · subsidiary · partnership · proprietorship · small business · agency
sponsor
Funder of activities
- benefactorOne who gives aid
- backerFinancial supporter
- supporterOne who backs another
funder · financier · underwriter · patron · angel investor · mentor · philanthropist · donor · endowment
worker
Person who toils
- staffOrganization's workers collectively
- subordinateOne lower in rank
- hireTake on for work
recruit · workforce · personnel · labor · talent · team member · contractor · freelancer · intern · apprentice
- employmentjob, jobs, career, careers, interview
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, profession
- bossesboss, bossman, manager, supervisor, foreman
- businessesbusiness, company, bank, bakery, enterprise
- social actorsperson, individual, group, organization, institution
- social rolesparent, child, spouse, sibling, teacher
- employee relationsWorkplace interpersonal management
- employment securityProtection against losing work
- employment agencyService matching workers to positions
- employees onlyAccess restricted to workers
- overseas employmentJob in foreign country
- employee benefitsNon-wage workplace compensation
employ, employee, employment, unemployed, unemployment, employees, employable, employers, underemployed