Labour and social security
Labour and social security
Filter by year:- 1.7 percent of employed people are older than the state pension age
- Unemployment stood at 408 thousand in September
- Labour productivity in the commercial sector rises by 2.5 percent
- Negotiated wages up by 4.0 percent in Q3 2026
- Employment rate among working-age people unchanged for second year running
- Unemployment up slightly in August
- 56 benefit recipients for every 100 in work, ratio stable for fourth year
- Unemployment up by 4.0 percent in July
- Most holiday leave is taken in August, including among younger people
- Unemployment declined in June
- Economic growth of 0.2 percent in Q1 2026
- Digital score for occupations
- International labor mobility: Roots, returns and consequences
- Number of cross-border commuters working in the Netherlands has risen
- More fathers are taking paternity and parental leave
- Unemployment was 3.9 percent in May
- Two-thirds support limited admission of labour migrants
- Staff shortages mean business is turning to automation
- Unemployment down in April
- Dutch population is wealthy and content, but less socially connected
- New asylum applicants more likely to be in work than 10 years ago
- Fewer strikes in 2025, but more working days lost
- 610 thousand jobs paid at the minimum wage
- Average retirement age rises to 66 years and 4 months
- Unemployment down slightly in March
- Teachers, lawyers and managers need to focus the most
- Negotiated wages up by 4.5 percent in the first quarter
- Economic growth of 0.5 percent in Q4 2025
- More than two in five PhD graduates work as doctors or in education
- Unemployment at 4.1 percent in February
- Almost half of workers believe AI could do their job
- Fewer people over 60 are taking early retirement
- Unemployment remained at 4.0 percent in January
- Half of agency work done by temporary workers born outside the Netherlands
- Unemployment remained virtually unchanged in December
- Fewer people work outside office hours