What is Employer?
An '''employer''' is a person or institution that hires [[employee]]s. Employers pay [[pay|wage]]s or a [[salary]] to the workers in exchange for the worker's [[Employment|work]] or [[Labour (economics)|labor]]. If the employee is paid by the hour, then the money the employee earns is called their wage. If the employee is paid a set rate for a month, then the money they earn is called their salary. Wages are paid for all hours worked, including [[overtime]]. People with a salary are typically not paid more for more hours worked than the minimum. Some people are paid piece work - a sum of money for each bit of work. Employers include everything from people hiring a [[babysitter]] to [[government]]s and [[business]]es which may hire many thousands of employees. In most western societies governments are the largest single employers, but most of the work force is employed in small and medium [[business]]es in the [[private sector]]. == Other websites == {{wikt}} *[http://www.nber.org/~sewp NBER, Science and Engineering Workforce Project] *[http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?r.l1=1073858790&amp;topicId=1073858787&amp;furlname=employment&amp;furlparam=employment&amp;domain=www.businesslink.gov.uk UK gov Local Business Link] {{stub}} [[Category:Employment]]