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Reduction in working hours on a weekly or yearly basis as a result of an agreement on shorter working hours.

Court of law that hears all cases in first instance for which no other judge is designated. There are nineteen district courts.

A measure of labour volume, calculated by converting all full-time and part-time jobs to full-time jobs

An event that occurs suddenly and involuntarily where an external cause leads to physical injury not caused by deliberate violence or food poisoning.

A classification by the United Nations to classify economic activities.

Welfare recipient who has a debt outstanding with a municipality, related to the welfare provisions (WWB, IOAW, IOAZ or (W)WIK).

The measure for the total cubic capacity of the ship in accordance with the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships of 1969.

Every dwelling that forms the entire property. This includes detached houses, semi-detached houses, farms with dwellings and all terraced houses.

Secondary vocational training including the block or day release programmes introduced by the WEB (Adult and Vocational Education Act) as per 1 August 1998.

The use of goods and services for the direct satisfaction of individual or collective needs of members of society.

An establishment with at least twenty sleeping places, providing lodging to groups (not families) with rooms or chalets, campsites or collective dormitories.

Someone registered at a temp agency who has entered into an agreement with that agency to work temporarily for a third party.

The sector of the economy whose principle activity is the production of market goods and services. The sector consists of financial and non-financial corporations.

Two people belonging together on the basis of a marriage, a registered partnership or a relationship while living together .

An archive of various municipalities and/or water boards brought together in a common building and managed by an appointed archivist.

Museums are classified by the kind of collection they exhibit: art, history, natural history, business & technology, ethnography and mixed.

Person or body against whom a punishable act is directed, or who has directly been affected by the consequences of a criminal offence.

The difference between disposable national income and consumer spending and correction for pension provisions. The saving can be gross (including depreciation) and net (excluding depreciation).

Pension where the pension benefits paid are based on the last salary earned before retirement.

An employer who bears the risk of sickness benefits insurance, with approval of the industrial insurance board.

Country from which goods imported into the Netherlands were transported, or country which provides services in the Netherlands.

Everyone who does not posses the Dutch nationality and is not to be treated as a Dutch citizen on the basis of a legal clause.

Until 1998 secondary education for children who require a special approach due to behavioural or learning difficulties or a physical disability.

Courses intended for adults with a very low level of education. The courses focus on teaching language, arithmetic and social skills.