− | '''Employer''' refers to formal place of employment, if any. | + | '''Employer''' refers to formal place of [[employment]]. An employer is a [[person]] or [[institution]] that hires employees or [[workers]]. Employers offer [[wages]] or a [[salary]] to the workers in exchange for the worker's work or [[labor]]. Employers include everything from individuals hiring a [[babysitter]] to [[governments]] and [[businesses]] 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 businesses in the private sector. |