Labour and social security

Labour and social security

1. increasing life expectancy to push up pension age further from 2022
2. Unemployment almost unchanged
3. female labour participation stabilising following years of increase
4. private sector opinions on job vacancies unchanged
5. Number of social security claimants stable
6. Most substantial increase temp hours since 2010
7. Bulk of sickness absence not work-related
8. Unemployment stable in October
9. unemployment statistics better and cheaper
10. Gender pay gap: fact or fiction?
11. more second-job holders
12. slightly more jobs and vacancies in third quarter
13. Labour market tension further up
14. More difficult for young unemployed to find work
15. Are older employees more stress resistant and younger employees more versed in technology?
16. Fewer social security claimants find work
17. Randstad region and central part of the Netherlands attract many job seekers
18. Unemployment further down in September
19. Employment rising in sustainable energy sector
20. Private sector more sombre about job vacancies
21. One in nine employed work less than twelve hours a week
22. Ageing population pushes up spending on state pensions
23. Unemployment down again in August
24. Private sector more sombre about job vacancies
25. Cautious recovery labour market in second quarter
26. Further increase hours worked in temp jobs
27. Growing number of people rely on social security
28. Unemployment further down in July
29. Job vacancies continue slight growth
30. Private sector cautiously optimistic about job vacancies in July
31. One in 15 employees involved in work-related accidents
32. Unemployment further down
33. Number of job vacancies continues to grow
34. Statistics Netherlands opts for international definitions of unemployment and inflation
35. Sickness absence rate for older employees without chronic disorders about  the same as for younger employees
36. Unemployment down
37. More older employees on permanent contracts
38. Further rise in job vacancies
39. Number of social security recipients continues to grow
40. Further increase hours worked in temp jobs
41. More than 40 thousand Dutch cross-border workers
42. Number of job vacancies continues to rise
43. Unemployment rise slows down as young people leave labour market
44. Employees feel less autonomous
45. More young people earn minimum wage
46. Unemployment down, but fewer people employed
47. Exports account for one third of employment
48. Job vacancies rise slightly
49. Sickness absence at lowest level since 1996
50. Employment marginally down
51. Unemployment continues to rise
52. More people think their chances of finding employment are very poor
53. Women aged between 25 and 30 have higher hourly wages than men
54. Job vacancies rise slightly
55. Substantial growth social security recipients
56. Further increase hours worked in temp jobs
57. Flevoland has highest unemployment rate
58. Unemployment further up
59. Fewer children in day care centres
60. Job vacancies rise slightly
61. Labour participation rate down in 2013
62. Nearly 150 thousand couples working with the same employer
63. Tjin-A-Tsoi new Director General  of Statistics Netherlands
64. Unemployment up
65. Average retirement age employees further up to nearly 64 years
66. Slightly more job vacancies
67. More and more short-term unemployment benefits