An employers' organization, employers' association or employers' federation is an association of employers. A trade union, which organizes employees is the opposite of an employers' organization. The role and position of an employers' organization differs from country to country, dependent on the economic system of a country. Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ...

In countries with a pluralist or anglo-saxon economic system (such as the United Kingdom and the United States), where there is no institutionalized cooperation between employers' organizations, trade unions and government, an employers' organization is just another interest group or advocacy group that through lobbying tries to influence government policy. In these countries employers' organizations tend to be weak, with many of their functions taken over by industry trade groups, which are basically public relations organizations. In the social sciences, pluralism is a framework of interaction in which groups show sufficient respect and tolerance of each other, that they fruitfully coexist and interact without conflict or assimilation. ... Anglo-Saxon capitalism (so called because it is largely practiced in English speaking countries such as Australia, the UK and the United States) is a capitalist macroeconomic model in which levels of regulation and taxes are low, and the quality of state services and social indicators are weak. ... An interest group (also called an advocacy group, lobbying group, pressure group or special interest) is a group, however loosely or tightly organized, doing advocacy: those determined to encourage or prevent changes in public policy without trying to be elected. ... An advocacy group, interest group or lobbying group is a group, however loosely or tightly organized, doing advocacy: those determined to encourage or prevent changes in public policy without trying to be elected. ... An industry trade group is generally a public relations organization founded and funded by corporations that operate in a specific industry. ...

In countries with a social market economy, such as Austria, Sweden and the Netherlands, the employers' organizations are part of a system of institutionalized deliberation, together with government and the trade unions. In tri-partite bargaining the so-called social partners strike agreements on issues like price levels, wage increases, tax rates and pension entitlements. In these countries collective bargaining is often done on a national level not between one corporation and one union, but national employers' organizations and national trade unions. The Social market economy was the German and Austrian economic model during the Cold War era. ... The price level is a measurement of the average level of prices in an economy. ... A wage is the amount of money paid for some specified quantity of labour. ... A tax (also known as a dutyor Zakat in islamic economics) is a charge or other levy imposed on an individual or a legal entity by a state or a functional equivalent of a state (e. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Collective agreement is a labor contract between an employer and one or more unions. ...

See also

• Chamber of Commerce
• List of employer associations