Labour and social security

Labour and social security

1. Employment marginally down
2. Largest occupational group on each island of the Caribbean Netherlands are construction workers
3. Number of hours worked in temp jobs increased further
4. Statistics Netherlands voted Best Government Organisation of the Year 2015
5. Unemployment rate up
6. Germany's labour market in better shape compared to its western neighbours
7. Fewer men economically independent
8. Number of Dutch children in child care facilities declined by 72 thousand between 2012 and 2014
9. No further reduction unemployment
10. Decline in unemployment sharpest for 25 to 44 year-olds
11. Purchasing power up after four years of decline
12. Sharpest increase in temp hours in almost five years
13. Sustained decline unemployment
14. More women employed
15. Short-term unemployment further down
16. Employed labour force rose by more than 100 thousand over the past 12 months
17. Part-timers often financially vulnerable
18. European support for helping young unemployed people find work
19. More women employed
20. fewer young people in the Caribbean Netherlands than in the Netherlands have a side job
21. Labour force in Caribbean Netherlands: relatively more people in work
22. Residents St Eustatius enjoy highest incomes in Caribbean Netherlands
23. further increase in hours worked in temp jobs
24. Marginal increase employed, fewer people unemployed
25. 1.3 percent of Dutch households have personal capital of 1 million euros or more
26. Lack of important new skills or know-how among nearly a quarter of Dutch employees
27. Labour market recovery continues more slowly
28. Few strike days in 2014
29. Intramunicipal emigration possible in Limburg
30. 80 thousand workers live in Belgium and Germany
31. More people find employment, in particular young people
32. 75 thousand young people at a great distance from the labour market
33. Sickness absence rate dips to lowest level since 1996
34. Unemployment down due to contraction of the labour force
35. Full-time working mothers as often employed at managerial level as full-time working fathers
36. More social security claimants in 2014, but share young claimants stable
37. Employment and unemployment up
38. benefits dependence rising most in north Netherlands
39. higher child care costs have not reduced labour participation of parents
40. women in particular expect parenthood to reduce career chances
41. More than half of employees are 65 years or older at retirement
42. One in three disabled hold paid jobs
43. More two-income couples with one full-time job and one large part-time job
44. Marginal increase workers from Bulgaria and Romania
45. Living on social benefits often passed on from one generation to the next
46. More people unemployed in December