An employer can be defined from different perspectives as:-
• a person or business that pays a wage or fixed payment to other person(s) in exchange for the services of such persons.
• person who directly engages a worker/employee in employment.
• any person who employs, whether directly or through another person or agency, one or more employees in any scheduled employment in respect of which minimum rates of wages have been fixed.
As per Industrial Disputes Act 1947 an employer means:-
• in relation to an industry carried on by or under the authority of any department of [the Central Government or a State Government], the authority prescribed in this behalf, or where no authority is prescribed, the head of the department;
• in relation to an industry carried on by or on behalf of a local authority, the
chief executive officer of that authority;
Titany answered the question on December 2, 2021 at 15:23