The employer, a real estate agent, also encourages her to go to school and aim high, Ms. Rodriguez said.

Some employers encourage employees to be politically involved.

Two years later, a former employer encouraged him to move to New York, where he has a graphic design practice.

Both government agencies and large employers encouraged immigration from the Commonwealth to meet labour shortages throughout the 1950s.

Some employers encourage participation by matching all or part of their employees' dollars.

As Enron employees have learned so painfully, an employer does not always encourage diversification of the plan's holdings.

His employers encouraged him to attend lectures at the University of Edinburgh.

Labor unions and employers like the law, which they say has encouraged companies to provide pension and health benefits.

Many employers are encouraging the trend by paying for their employees to enroll in weight-control programs.

Compact employers should encourage their employees who belong to unions to work in schools, and should allow them paid time to do so.