Which preposition to use with employers

for Occurrences 1137%

He carried this nonchalance so far at last, that a matter of intelligence, and that no very important one, was not seldom palmed upon his employers for a good jest; for example sake"Walking yesterday morning casually down Snow Hill, who should we meet but Mr. Deputy Humphreys!

of Occurrences 66%

A former employer of his told me.

in Occurrences 45%

It is quite certain that up to the day when Feist called on his employer in Hare Court, Mr. Van Torp believed himself perfectly safe.

as Occurrences 18%

Beaumaroy sometimes addressed his employer as "Mr. Saffron," but much more commonly he used the respectful "sir."

to Occurrences 18%

If you are a Workman, or Labourer, or Operative, you can Ask, or Bequest, or Solicit your employer to Yield, or Grant, or Concede, an increase in the Earnings, or Wages, or Remuneration which fall to the lot of your Fellow, or Companion, or Associate.

with Occurrences 10%

However, he preferred to answer his employer with a jest which set them all laughing.

from Occurrences 10%

Joanna having earlier proved utterly unromantic in her attitude, Nancy went further with Ellen and gave her an English novel called, "The Merriweathers," in which an old family servant had not only followed her employers from castle to hovel, remaining there without Wages for years, but had insisted on lending all her savings to the Mistress of the Manor.

by Occurrences 9%

This view suggests that we may soon have to adopt the methods of other belligerents and stop employers by law from stealing a neighbor's working force.

on Occurrences 9%

Jack created quite a sensation at one time by marrying the daughter of his employer on half an hour's ball room acquaintance.

at Occurrences 5%

La Catiche sat upon a throne, served by the other domestics, with her employers at her feet.

than Occurrences 5%

Already far more has been accomplished for the relief of the poor by a combination of laborers against hard-hearted employers than by any legislative enactments; but when will the contest between capital and labor cease?

against Occurrences 3%

Complaints are, for the most part, adduced by the employers against the laborers, and principally consist, (as hitherto,) of breaches of contract; but I am happy to observe, that a diminution of dissatisfaction on this head even, has taken place, as will be seen by the accompanying general return of offences reported.

under Occurrences 2%

The individual employer under normal circumstances is no more to blame for the low wages, long hours, &c., than is the middleman.

without Occurrences 1%

I did not suspect that a man like myself, capable of dealing with bankers and talking for several consecutive hours with his employers without arousing their suspicion as to his mental condition, was to be suspected by his own relatives.

across Occurrences 1%

From these she mentally selected such information as, to her employers across the Aisne, would be of vital interest.

after Occurrences 1%

They are recommended to him by their employers after careful testing and sounding.

avec Occurrences 1%

MÉNAGER, régler avec précaution; employer avec économie; traiter avec égards.

during Occurrences 1%

The regular laborers frequently let themselves to their employers during the harvest month at from 20s. to 24s.

into Occurrences 1%

This they procured by taking the miner's employer into partnership, and in a few years all three were rich men.

like Occurrences 1%

The plan tends to break up the trade-unions, which is one of the reasons that the employers like it, and is the main reason that organized labor opposes it.

over Occurrences 1%

Lastly, there are many large employments not subject to the Factory Act, where the economic power of the employer over weak employees is grossly abused.

through Occurrences 1%

After one hundred and ninety firms had signed up, and the majority of the strikers had returned to their shops, an attempt was made to settle with the still obdurate employers through arbitration, at the suggestion of the National Civic Federation.

toward Occurrences 1%

It was the common-sense and rational attitude of my employer toward mental illness which determined the issue.

towards Occurrences 1%

On the other hand, it weakened the sense of responsibility in the employer towards his workmen in proportion as the dependence of the latter became more absolute.

about Occurrences 1%

Every concern of his employer about which he knows interests him, and a slight to his superior is vastly more of an offence than if offered to himself.

Which preposition to use with  employers