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Turnover temp agencies continues to rise
Turnover generated by temp employment agencies grew by 1.1 percent
Turnover and hours worked in temp jobs further up
Both turnover and hours worked in temp jobs increased in the third quarter of 2016.
Number of open job vacancies down
Adjusted for seasonal variation, 101 thousand job vacancies were unfilled by the end of last year, i.e. a decrease by 7 thousand relative to the previous quarter.
Increase in east European workers picks up again
In March 2010, 100 thousand workers from EU countries in eastern Europe were employed in the Netherlands. This is 12 thousand more than twelve months previously.
Continuous decline in amount of hours worked in temp jobs
In the first quarter of 2013, the amount of hours worked in stage A temp jobs was nearly 1.5 percent down on the fourth quarter of 2012. The number of hours worked in temp jobs declined for the...
Economic situation virtually unchanged
According to the CBS Business Cycle Tracer, the economic situation has remained virtually unchanged in December compared to the previous four months.
Household consumption over 3 percent up in March
Dutch household consumption was 3.3 percent up in March 2018.
Consumer spending up by more than 2 percent in June
Dutch consumer spending was more than 2 percent up in June 2017 from June 2016.
Consumer spending slightly up
Consumers spending slightly up
Again fewer welfare benefits
The number of welfare benefits fell again in the first quarter of 2006. On 31 March 2006 there were 326 thousand people on welfare benefits, well over 2 thousand less than in the previous quarter.
One in six single female old age pensioners have low supplementary incomes
In 2012, nearly 2 million households received old age pensions. In 173 thousand cases, the supplementary incomes of over-65 households did not exceed 250 euros a month. Among these households were...
Number of income support benefits up again
The number of people younger than 65 years in the Netherlands claiming income support rose again in the first quarter of 2010.
Slight fall in unemployment
Tthe number of unemployed people in the Netherlands at 395 thousand in March 2011, after adjustment for seasonal effects
Employees feel less autonomous
According to the Netherlands Working Conditions Survey 2013, conducted by TNO and Statistics Netherlands, the percentage of employees in the Netherlands who say they can organise their own work has...
Fewer social security recipients find employment
At the end of 2011, 367 thousand people in the Netherlands received social security benefits. More than 28 thousand, i.e. less than 8 percent, found jobs in 2012.