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Employment decline
The number of jobs of employees was 156 thousand lower in the first quarter of 2010 than in the first quarter of 2009; a decline by 2.0 percent.
Unemployment further down
In the period March-May 2010, the number of unemployed persons in the Netherlands averaged 437 thousand, i.e. 5.6 percent of the labour force versus 4.6 percent in the same period last year.
Hourly wages of employees (Dutch only)
At the request of the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, Statistics Netherlands’ Centre for Policy Related Statistics has compiled custom-made tables on average hourly wages rates of...
Fewer jobs
The number of jobs of employees was 145 thousand lower in the first quarter of 2010 than in the first quarter of 2009; a fall of 1.8 percent. The decrease is in the same order of magnitude as in the...
Working mothers by working hours and average wages in 2006, 2007 and 2008 (Dutch only)
At the request of the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, Statistics Netherlands’ Centre for Policy Related Statistics has compiled custom-made tables on working mothers. The results are...
Unutilised supply of labour among people without labour-related earnings in 2007 (Dutch only)
At the request of RWI (Council for Work and Income), Statistics Netherlands has composed a set of tables with information on the size and composition of the unutilised supply of labour among people...
Slower rise in unemployment
472 thousand people were unemployed in the Netherlands in the period January-March 2010.
Labour market forecasts, revised provisional figures for 2007 and provisional figures for 2008 (Dutch only)
The Centre for Policy Related Statistics was commissioned by the Institute for Employment benefit Schemes (UWV) to compile tables on the number of jobs by economic activity and region for 2007 and...
Mothers working or claiming benefit (Dutch only)
At the request of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW), the Centre for Policy Related Statistics has calculated figures on mothers by whether they had a job or were claiming benefit...
Job market also tougher for women
In the third quarter of 2009, nearly 400 thousand people in the Netherlands were unemployed; 24 percent managed to find new jobs of twelve hours a week or more within three months, as opposed to...
Higher educated 25 to 35-year-olds are doing well on the labour market
Nearly 94 percent of 25 to 35-year-old higher educated no longer attending any form of education were employed in 2009. With 89 percent, the employment rate was also high among higher educated with a...
Fewer jobs lost
The number of jobs of employees was 147 thousand lower in the fourth quarter of 2009 than one year previously, a decrease by 1.8 percent. In the third quarter of last year, 139 thousand jobs were...
Jobs with or without reintegration support (Dutch only)
At the request of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW) the Centre of Policy Related Statistics) determined the total number of people (benefit claimants and non-claimants) who started...
Second measurement of people moving from benefit to work via reintegration support (provisional figures for 2006 and the first half 2007) (Dutch only)
Reintegration support is an important tool to increase the number of people moving from a social benefit to work. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW) measures the results of this...
Sustained unemployment growth
An average of 441 thousand people (5.7 percent of the labour force) were unemployed Netherlands in the period December 2009–February 2010, as against 4.1 percent one year previously.
Male part-timers more often than women decide to increase their working hours
Nearly one in twelve people in work would like to increase their working hours. Male part-timers more often want to increase their working hours than women and they appear to be more successful in...
Unemployment further up
An average of 430 thousand persons were unemployed in the period November 2009-January 2010, i.e. 5.6 percent of the labour force.
Employment down
The number of jobs of employees in the Netherlands was 147 thousand lower in the fourth quarter of 2009 than one year previously. This is a 1.8 percent decrease.
Strong rise in unemployment for over-45s
According to figures from Statistics Netherlands, 410 thousand people on average were unemployed in the Netherlands in the period October- December 2009. This is the equivalent of 5.3 percent of the...
Unemployment increasing further
In the period September-November 2009 there were on average 400 thousand people unemployed. This constitutes 5.2 percent of the labour force.
Number of jobs plummets
The number of jobs of employees was 143 thousand lower in the third quarter of 2009 than one year previously.
Loss of jobs substantial
In the second quarter of this year, the number of jobs of employees declined by 72 thousand relative to the second quarter of 2008.
Netherlands important provider of high-tech services
The importance of the high-tech services sector as an employment generator in the Netherlands has grown in recent years, also in comparison to other EU countries.
Fewer hours worked in temp jobs
The number of hours worked in temp jobs dropped by 6 percent in the second quarter of 2009 compared to the first quarter.