The word "employers" is an acceptable word in written English, and it is most often used as a noun.
Example: Employers should provide a safe and secure work environment for their employees.
Most employment discrimination statutes outlaw adverse employment actions – they bar employers from hiring, firing or otherwise disadvantaging workers on the basis of one's race, sex or religion.
More employers, at 46%, plan to hire temporary contractors, and only half of them expect that these workers will transition into full-time, permanent hires.
The defence offered by one of the latest care employers to be named and shamed, East Midlands Crossroads – Caring for Carers, that the rules are "complex, in parts ambiguous and open to interpretation", does not sound good.
Damning reports by human rights organisations cataloguing the dire living conditions for many workers tied to their employers by the kafala system and investigations by the Guardian resulted in an international outcry and criticism of Fifa for not doing more to bring pressure to bear.
In the UK there are citizens' alliances in seven cities working together to improve both local and regional issues; as a result of their work, 1,500 accredited employers now pay the living wage, promoted by Citizens UK since 2001.
Harper, who was steering an immigration bill through the Commons that warns employers of their duty to check the status of employees, notified David Cameron on Friday, when his resignation was accepted "with regret".
Sure, I abhor everything Ukip stand for: they're a millionaire-funded party advocating privatisation and tax cuts for a thriving wealthy elite, encouraging struggling Britons to direct their fire at immigrants rather than financiers, poverty-paying employers or tax avoiders.
"This will enable the aggregation of data across and within industries and will be invaluable to employers to assist them understand the characteristics of their workforce, including occupational segregation, the position of women and men in management and patterns of potentially insecure employment," the WGEA says on its website.
If there was some low comedy in the revelation at Cook's post-match press conference that the only message of support he has so far received from his employers came from a story on the England and Wales Cricket Board website that appeared on his smartphone on Sunday morning, then even in the wake of a 281-run defeat in Sydney it still seems likely that his desire to stay will be rewarded.
To change this, integration needs to be improved between schools and universities, as well as between universities and employers.
Maybe he felt a bit of that too, starting the match against table-topping Yorkshire with just three first class wickets in his previous three matches for his new employers.
