Labour and social security

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  1. Employment rate among working-age people unchanged for second year running
  2. Unemployment up slightly in August
  3. 56 benefit recipients for every 100 in work, ratio stable for fourth year
  4. Unemployment up by 4.0 percent in July
  5. Most holiday leave is taken in August, including among younger people
  6. Unemployment declined in June
  7. Economic growth of 0.2 percent in Q1 2026
  8. Digital score for occupations
  9. International labor mobility: Roots, returns and consequences
  10. Number of cross-border commuters working in the Netherlands has risen
  11. More fathers are taking paternity and parental leave
  12. Unemployment was 3.9 percent in May
  13. Two-thirds support limited admission of labour migrants
  14. Staff shortages mean business is turning to automation
  15. Unemployment down in April
  16. Dutch population is wealthy and content, but less socially connected
  17. New asylum applicants more likely to be in work than 10 years ago
  18. Fewer strikes in 2025, but more working days lost
  19. 610 thousand jobs paid at the minimum wage
  20. Average retirement age rises to 66 years and 4 months
  21. Unemployment down slightly in March
  22. Teachers, lawyers and managers need to focus the most
  23. Negotiated wages up by 4.5 percent in the first quarter
  24. Economic growth of 0.5 percent in Q4 2025
  25. More than two in five PhD graduates work as doctors or in education
  26. Unemployment at 4.1 percent in February
  27. Almost half of workers believe AI could do their job
  28. Fewer people over 60 are taking early retirement
  29. Unemployment remained at 4.0 percent in January
  30. Half of agency work done by temporary workers born outside the Netherlands
  31. Unemployment remained virtually unchanged in December
  32. Fewer people work outside office hours