Labour and social security

Labour and social security

1. Labour shortage past its peak
2. Job growth slows in third quarter of 2008
3. Job growth slows down
4. Unemployment unchanged
5. Fewer unemployment benefits than after last economic boom
6. Fewer hours worked in temp jobs
7. Number of social security benefits still declining
8. Male labour participation rate lower in major cities than in the rest of the country
9. Doctorate holders successful on the labour market
10. Unemployment hardly changed
11. Working single mothers often hold full-time jobs
12. More than one million people hold executive positions
13. Care-providing duties no longer prevent women from working
14. Fewer benefits under the National Survivor's Benefits Act
15. Quarter of a million children depend on income support
16. Number of job vacancies still high
17. Limburg accounts for largest number of unemployment benefits
18. Working voluntary carers take more time off
19. Dutch unemployment lowest in EU
20. Relatively many income support claimants with children in re-integration programmes
21. Fewer long-term income support claimants in problem districts
22. Unemployment continues to fall
23. Nearly 95 thousand east European workers in the Netherlands
24. Workers in education oldest on average
25. One in eleven employees work flexible hours
26. Job growth 2 percent in second quarter of 2008
27. Unemployment dips below 300 thousand
28. Increasing labour market participation by young people
29. Small increase in number of hours worked in temp jobs
30. Number of social security benefits 20 thousand down in less than 1 year
31. Part-time work force grows faster than full-time work force
32. 4 percent of the labour force unemployed
33. Number of job vacancies still high
34. Social benefits reduced by over 300 thousand
35. Unemployment hardly changed
36. Unemployment rate down in nearly all provinces
37. Collectively negotiated wage increases substantially larger
38. Jobs up 2.2 percent in first quarter
39. Large families less likely to use formal child care
40. Unemployment not falling as fast as before
41. Just over 10 percent of parents want parental leave, but do not claim it
42. Small increase in number of hours worked in temp jobs
43. Manufacturers expect record investments
44. Decrease in welfare benefits tapering off
45. Unemployment further down
46. Groningen has largest proportion of young social security claimants
47. Number of vacancies slightly down
48. More people working on permanent contracts
49. Childcare no longer stands in the way of mothers who want to work
50. Long-term unemployment down
51. Labour participation of mothers continues to rise
52. Large proportion of labour migrants leave the Netherlands within four years
53. Work and income following mass redundancy
54. Slight fall in unemployment
55. Fewer young people unemployed
56. Sharp increase in young disabled
57. Collectively agreed wages rise more in first quarter of 2008 than in whole of 2007
58. Shorter period on income support increases chance of coming off it
59. Job growth still high, but slowing down
60. No further fall in unemployment
61. Sharper fall in unemployment among non-westerners
62. Work-disabled hardly benefit from thriving economy
63. More older people working in the Netherlands and in the EU
64. Mothers continue to work part-time when their children grow older
65. Older employees hardly prepared to change their jobs
66. Decelerating growth in hours worked in temp jobs
67. Number of long-term income support benefits down
68. Second-generation people with foreign background can claim higher pensions than first generation
69. Fewer unemployed
70. Job vacancies remain at record level
71. Unemployment down by nearly 70 thousand in 2007
72. Collectively negotiated wages increase 2 percent in 2007
73. More than 225 thousand people participate in municipal reintegration programmes