Labour and social security

Labour and social security

1. Dutch pension provisions highest in Europe
2. Unemployment continues to drop
3. Fewer teachers start teaching straight after qualifying
4. Number of jobs grows considerably
5. Decelerating growth in hours worked in temp jobs
6. Sustained reduction social security benefits
7. One in seven fully disabled work in paid jobs
8. Unemployed residents of special attention districts often prepared to work
9. Job vacancies at record level
10. Unemployment falls further
11. Two thirds of social security recipients low-educated
12. Far fewer young big-city dwellers depend on social security
13. Overall social security debt amounts to 1.3 billion euro
14. Women's pension build-up still trailing
15. Nearly half a million people not receiving benefits are seeking jobs
16. Unemployment further down
17. Relatively more old than young people work
18. More Polish workers
19. Substantial rise collectively negotiated wages in third quarter
20. Short-term income support more likely to be cut
21. Unemployment down
22. A look at society: involved, safe, and full of colour
23. People with mental health problems less likely to be in work
24. Steady fall in income support benefits
25. Unemployment decreases at a slower rate
26. Marginal increase in number of job openings
27. Dutch minimum wage among the six highest in the EU
28. Three time as many "difficult" job vacancies
29. Unemployment 346 thousand in second quarter
30. Employment increase across the board
31. One and a half percent health insurance defaulters
32. Dutch unemployment rate lowest in EU
33. Unemployment among people with foreign background declines marginally
34. Second-quarter increase in collectively agreed wages 1.5 percent
35. Unemployment rate lowest in four years
36. People active in short-hour jobs are mainly young
37. Fewer youngsters without a basic qualification employed
38. Income support benefits drop below 300 thousand
39. More older people active in short-hour jobs
40. More than one thousand health and safety organisations in the Netherlands
41. Job vacancies down slightly
42. Sharp fall in unemployment
43. Carers make little use of special care leave
44. Compensation for childcare costs amounts to 845 million euro
45. Life course regulation not popular yet
46. Few working days lost through industrial action
47. Most single-parent families on income support female-headed
48. Unemployment almost unchanged
49. Increase in collectively negotiated wages slows down in early 2007
50. One in nine income support claimants is 27 or younger
51. One million households receive rent rebate
52. Job vacancies up slightly
53. Unemployment down across all provinces
54. Unemployment hardly changed
55. More than one third of adults received care allowance
56. Income support at lowest level for 25 years
57. One in eleven old age pensioners live abroad
58. Occupational level of people with a non-western background on average lower
59. Unemployment considerably down
60. More full-timers active on the labour market
61. Relatively few non-workers in large cities
62. Continuous job growth accelerates
63. Unemployment among foreigners down slightly
64. Unemployment dips below 400 thousand mark
65. Few mothers work full-time
66. Collectively agreed wages up 2 percent in 2006