multiemployer

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adjective

Of or pertaining to more than one employer.

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Meanings

adjectivemultiemployer (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to more than one employer.
nounmultiemployer (plural multiemployers)

plural multiemployers

  1. One of a group of multiple employers who work cooperatively on one or more personnel issues.

    The reports are derived from employment and payroll information reported on Treasury Form 941, Schedule A, supplemented by a special survey of selected multiemployers.

    1978, United States. Bureau of the Census, Industrial statistics data finder, page 20
    1 more example

    To the extent that health insurance locks workers in to a group of multiemployers providing health insurance, this form of job lock permits those employers and their corresponding union to consider investing in industry-specific human capital.

    2007, JaeWhan Kim, Health insurance and workers' retention in the construction industry, page 62

Origin

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APA

multiemployer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multiemployer

MLA

“multiemployer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multiemployer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multiemployer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multiemployer.

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