employer

Yes and not.

"Cap", "patró" or "amo"/"mestressa" mean "boss" or "owner" but the fact is that we don't use the concept of "employer" as something different from "boss". In working contracts or Social Security forms, the usual name is "empresa" or "empresari", even if the employer is a self-employed man or woman. Or, when referring to the boss part, is also usual the word "patronal", derived from "patró": quota patronal, associació patronal, etc.

Thanks David. What about if you work for the government or the town hall, hospital, university? What would you call them in the sense of "employer"? Suppose I work for the UdG, in English the UdG is my employer and my "boss" (formally in management speak, my "line manager") is the person who tells me what to do.

And if I were writing a CV, what would be the column-heading for "employers"?