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The additions to provisions minus released provisions such as run-up and reconstitution funds, maintenance reserves, guarantee provisions, etc.

The classification of educational programs by level and field used by Statistics Netherlands developed for use in statistics and research and for administrative purposes in the Netherlands.

Someone who agrees to work for another person or company from home – outside the direct control of the other party - for a preset amount, not using more than two helpers from outside the family.

Decision by the public prosecutor not to take action because the prosecution is unlikely to lead to a conviction (for instance due to lack of evidence or because the fact or the suspect is not...

The costs made to achieve the operating profits, that is the purchase value of the turnover, labour costs, and depreciation on assets, and other business expenditure.

The Dutch classification of economic activities used by Statistics Netherlands since 1993 to list companies by their main activity.

Shifting year average of the percentage of sick leave in the public sector. It refers to sick leave including leave of more than one year and excluding pregnancy and maternity leave. It indicates...

Decision by a municipality no longer to include a person in its population, once it has established that the address of the person is unknown, the person cannot be contacted and probably no longer...

Law rescinded on 1 July 1998 and replaced by WAZ and Wajong. It was a compulsory insurance for the entire population against the financial consequences of long-term disablement.

The part of the gross wages deposited in the employee’s account for the save-as-you-earn scheme.

Stage of the economic cycle characterised by decreasing growth in economic activities. This is measured as a decreasing growth of the volume of the gross domestic product or a growth that is below...

The Dutch classification of economic activities used by Statistics Netherlands since 2008 to list companies by their main activity.

Sub sector of the institutional sector general government. The sub sector includes aspects of government that do not belong to central government or social security institutions. Examples are...

Regulation allowing employers to be exempt from having to pay the legal minimum wage or the normal collective labour agreement wage to employees who perform clearly below the required level due to...

Sick leave refers to sick leave including leave of more than one year and excluding pregnancy and maternity leave for public sector employees: central government, provinces, municipalities, water...

A legal form with no legal personality, where one natural person owns the business. The owner is entirely liable for all business and capital matters. There is no distinction between business assets...

Care aimed to support clients in such a way that they can live at home instead of being hospitalised or admitted to a nursing home etc.

Official document (writ) summoning a person to appear in court to settle a conflict (civil procedure) or to go on trial on criminal charges (criminal procedure)

An individual’s gross income is made up of: income from work, income from enterprise, benefits from income insurance and social benefits (except child allowances).

A diploma at the level of senior general secondary education (havo), pre-university education (vwo), or level-2 of senior secondary vocational education (mbo).

Coal with a calorific value between 17,435 and 23,865 megajoule per kilogram and a content of volatile matter of more than 31 percent (ash-free dryweight).

This law prescribes that employers must pay the employees wage during sickness for a maximum of one year.

Collective term for the first year of high school, special secondary education, secondary general education (havo, vwo), and prevocational training (vmbo, lwoo).

Adoption of a child by a couple of whom one of the partners is the legal or biological parent of the child.

Working in a system where the working hours of two or more groups of employees (of about equal numbers) follow or slightly overlap.