Emancipation

Sustained unemployment growth

24-05-2012Press release Unemployment adjusted for seasonal variation has grown by 24 thousand to 489 thousand in April 2012.

Unemployment creeping up

19-04-2012Press release According to the most recent figures, seasonally adjusted unemployment rose marginally in March 2012 to 465 thousand, i.e. 5.9 percent of the labour force.

Nearly nine in ten over-65 households have extra incomes in addition to AOW

23-03-2012Web magazine Altogether, 1.8 million households received old age state pensions (AOW) in 2010. Nearly nine in ten households received supplementary pensions and approximately as many generated revenues from private property.

Unemployment marginally down

15-03-2012Press release The most recent figures show that seasonally adjusted unemployment declined marginally in February 2012 to 469 thousand, i.e. 6 percent of the labour force.

More women part-time employed

08-03-2012Web magazine Nearly 3.3 million women were working twelve hours a week or more last year, an increase by more than 460 thousand relative to 2002.

Unemployment climbs to 6 percent

16-02-2012Press release Unemployment adjusted for seasonal variation increased by 18 thousand in January 2012 to 474 thousand, i.e. 6.0 percent of the labour force.

Women’s pensions substantially lower

25-01-2012Web magazine The proportion of over-65 women receiving supplementary pensions has grown over the past decade, though the gender gap is still substantial. Generally, women receive only half the amount male pensioners get.

Unemployment almost unchanged

19-01-2012Press release According to the latest figures 456 thousand people in the Netherlands were registered as unemployed (5.8 percent of the labour force) in December last year, as many as in November.