### Question
What is the definition of employer?


### Answer
The definition of **employer** is as follows in *29 U.S.C. § 630*:

> a person engaged in an industry affecting commerce who has twenty or more employees for each working day in each of twenty or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year: *Provided*, That prior to June 30, 1968, employers having fewer than fifty employees shall not be considered employers

#### Citation:
  - *29 U.S.C. § 630*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 14-AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT**

