The NHS is the largest employer in Europe with 1.3 million workers.
The Sun (2009)
A survey of 100 of the largest employers shows that they have recruited nearly 2,500 more university leavers this year than they did in the whole of last year.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
And that is for a large employer where a named individual is often responsible for payroll and spends most of their working life doing that job.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)