Labour and social security

Labour and social security

1. Jobs growth up to 110 thousand
2. Unemployment rate marginally down
3. Many more older people retired in 2004
4. Sickness absence rate stable in 2005
5. Few older people without work want a job
6. Biggest fall in income support for years
7. Unemployment virtually unchanged
8. Record number of unfilled job vacancies
9. Most employees do not want to work longer hours
10. Most short-term unemployed are young
11. High labour participation rate, but many part-time workers in the Netherlands
12. Unemployment up after decreasing for a year
13. Work incapacity among women no longer growing
14. Rise in collectively negotiated wages stable in third quarter
15. Job growth continues in the second quarter
16. More temporary workers from Poland
17. Unemployment down to 400 thousand
18. Job growth highest in Flevoland and Gelderland
19. People with disablement less active on the job market
20. Flex workers in higher demand
21. Continuous rise in number of jobs
22. Employers pay much more in pension premiums
23. Number of welfare benefits continues to fall
24. Childcare often provided by family and friends
25. Disablement expenditure decreasing fast
26. Full-time hours down sharply in last 50 years
27. Fewer people unemployed
28. Number of job vacancies increased
29. More vacancies
30. Unemployment further down
31. Number of strikes more than doubled in 2005
32. Larger rise in collectively negotiated wages in second quarter
33. Substantial job increase in first quarter 2006
34. More second generation mothers go back to work
35. Working until 65 rather unpopular
36. Economic recovery leads to fewer unemployment benefits
37. Unemployment below 6 percent
38. Again fewer welfare benefits
39. Civil servants with foreign background earn less because of lower education
40. Job vacancies stable at high level
41. Unemployment continues to fall
42. Working mothers do not suffer more burn-out
43. Fewer qualified young people unemployed
44. One quarter of employed labour force over 50
45. Unemployment down again
46. Collectively negotiated wage increase substantially higher at the start of 2006
47. Care for family keeps fewer women at home
48. More workers via temp agencies
49. More jobs in fourth quarter 2005
50. Income support fraud cases down further in 2005
51. Unemployment falls further
52. Regional variation in female labour supply
53. Labour disablement benefits down by 60 thousand
54. Number of job vacancies still high
55. Unemployment still high in the north
56. Unemployment down again in January 2006
57. Pension entitlement often only partial
58. Unemployment of non-western foreigners hardly rose in 2005
59. More women active on the labour market
60. More jobs for temps
61. Unemployment further reduced
62. Fewer people on income support find work