BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Employer
- a person or organization that pays people to perform specified activities. An employer usually contracts an employee to fill a permanent or temporary position to perform work on a regularly paid basis within the relevant legal framework of the country of residence.
Wiktionary Definition for: Employer
- #a person or firm which employs others, especially workers
- Ex:''It might be said that it is the ideal of the '''employer''' to have production without employees and the ideal of the employee is to have income without work.'' –E. F. Schumacher
- To employ
Additional Resources
- Genetic Testing In The Workplace: The Employer's Coin Toss
- A toss of the coin by the modern-day employer reveals two options regarding genetic testing in the workplace. The employer may choose to take advantage of increasingly precise, available, and affordable genetic testing in order to ascertain the genetic characteristics – and deficiencies – of its employees. This outcome exposes...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- The Magnitude and Nature of Risk Selection in Employer-Sponsored Health Plans
- Most existing studies of risk selection in the employer-sponsored health insurance market are case studies of a single employer or of an employer coalition in a single market. The paper examines risk selection in the employer-sponsored market by applying a "switcher" methodology to a national, panel data set of enrollees...
- White papers 2003-08-01
- ERISA Preempts Discrimination Action When Employer Stops Health Benefits
- The California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board ruled that an employer couldn't be liable under Labor Code Section 132a when it discontinues health benefits provided pursuant to an ERISA plan. This decision permits an employer with an ERISA regulated health plan to discontinue paying for employee health benefits for employees on...
- White papers 2002-07-15
- Preserving Your "Diligent Employer" Defense To Workplace Harassment Claims: The Eleventh Circuit Says That A Good Policy Is Not Enough
- This article discusses several important guidelines on how to be a "diligent employer. In the five years since the Supreme Court pronouncements in Ellerth and Faragher, the lower courts have begun to flesh out some guidance on what kinds of activities an employer must prove in order to enjoy the...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance: Characteristics by Average Payroll for the Private Sector in 2001
- Employer characteristics commonly acknowledged to correlate with characteristics of employer-sponsored health insurance include the size of the employer, the industry, the presence of a union, and the level of employee compensation. This analysis compares the offer, eligibility, and enrollment rates and contributions of private-sector employees toward employer-sponsored health insurance for...
- White papers 2004-04-08
- Congress targets small employer health costs.
- Congress Targets Small Employer Health Costs WASHINGTON - Two leading Democratic members of Congress are working on a small employer health insurance reform proposal that could be enacted this year or next. Senate Finance Chairman Lloyd Bentsen, DCongress Targets Small Employer Health...
- Research articles 1991-09-23
- ING Employer Super tops $10 billion.
- Mar 28, 2007 (Super Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- ING's Employer Super products - Integra Super and Corporate Super - have increased funds under management to $A10 billion. Ross Bowden, executive director for employer super at ING, said the funds bene Mar 28, 2007 (Super...
- Research articles 2007-03-28
- OSHA's multi-employer worksite policy.(SafetyAdvice)(Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
- Multi-employer sites are tough places to work. I've heard it said that once a second employer arrives on site, with just one employee, the accident risk factor for everyone just went up by as much as 40 percent. Multi-employer sites are tough places to...
- Research articles 2004-03-01
- Columbus Hospice named employer of the year
- The National Board for Certification of Hospice and Palliative Nurses (NBCHPN[R]) has announced that Columbus Hospice is the 2006 recipient of the Employer of the Year Award. The NBCHPN Employer of the Year Award recognizes the work of an employer who has provided exemplary, sustained support of the certification programs...
- Research articles 2007-01-01
- Pay Talks Are Tougher In An Employer's Market
- In an employer's market, where situations and circumstances favor the employer, executives vying for new positions in organizations lack the skills to negotiate favorable pay packages. This is, primarily, because very large number of candidates are available in the market. The paper elucidates the issues involved in negotiating pay in...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- The Enron And Lucent Cases: Responsibilities For Employer Stock
- From the executive summary: ‘Employee Retirement Income Security Act ERISA requires that plan fiduciaries should monitor the investments in 401k plans, including employer stock. Although the standard for the review may not be clear but the fiduciaries must periodically review the investment for its suitability for participant direction and should...
- White papers 2002-04-01
- Private Pensions: Questions Concerning the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's Practices Regarding Single-Employer Probable Claims
- The document consists of a report which deals with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's PBGC single-employer insurance program is a federal program that insures certain benefits of the more than 34 million worker, retiree, and separated vested participants of over 29,000 private sector defined benefit pension plans. It provides answers...
- White papers 2005-09-09
- The Status of New Jersey's Employer-Based Health Insurance Coverage
- Trends in employer-based health insurance are critical to understanding how health care costs, coverage, quality and access to care are evolving, and analysis of such issues as employer health plan costs, employee cost sharing, covered benefits, and mandates offers insight into the broader health care system and carries implications for...
- White papers 2003-06-24
- Contributions to Health Insurance Premiums: When Does the Employer Pay 100 Percent?
- Employer contribution levels vary across firms, and tight labor markets, unionization, and political pressures have often influenced the share of premiums paid by employers and employees. The exclusion of employer paid health insurance from employee taxable income is another factor that influences employer contributions to health insurance premiums. This paper...
- White papers 2005-01-01
- Labor Department Kicks Off Employer Assistance & Recruiting Network Campaign; EARN Connects Employers With Workforce Talent & Solutions
- WASHINGTON, April 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -b The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a campaign to educate employers, workers and the public about a free recruiting service that meets employer staffing needs, lowers recruiting costs and impacts an employerWASHINGTON, April 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -b The U.S. Department of Labor today...
- Research articles 2005-04-07
- H-D receives employer award.(Cycle Update)(Harley-Davidson Inc.)(Brief Article)
- Harley-Davidson was announced as a winner of the 2004 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award for its continued support of employees who are members of the National Guard and Reserve. Each year The National Committee for Employer Support Harley-Davidson was announced as a winner...
- Research articles 2004-07-26
- Progressive Employer Services Obtains $5,000,000 Line of Credit
- SARASOTA, Fla. -- Progressive Employer Services, a privately held professional employer organization PEO, announced today that it has entered into a $5,000,000 revolving credit facility with PNC Business Credit, the asset-based lending arm of PNC Bank, National Association. "This is very significant for us," commented Steve Herrig, Progressive Employer Services'...
- Research articles 2005-06-28
- Meet tomorrow's stars today.(INTERN EMPLOYER DAY, FEBRUARY 28)
- Interested in adding fresh talent to your design department? The Department of Graphic Communications at Clemson University is holding an Intern Employer Day February 28. It begins with an employer meeting and tour in the morning followed by a "career fair"...
- Research articles 2006-02-04
- -US DEPT OF LABOR: Labor Department award to NAB to promote employer involvement in school-to-work.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-23 September 1998-US DEPT OF LABOR: Labor Department awards $749,542 to National Alliance of Business to promote employer involvement in school-to-work C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:220998 The U.S. Department of Labor is awarding $749,542 to the National Alliance of Business...
- Research articles 1998-09-23
- Employer stocks, gifts of options.
- Some IRS gifts, some welcome, some not...guidance in a few areas: The tax treatment of employer stock and gifts of options on such stock. Extending a settlement program for employee-contractor questions. Others. Employer stock from company plans qualifies for a 20% tax on gain....
- Research articles 1998-04-17
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