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Organisation of employees with the aim to represent the collective and/or individual interests of its members in the face of employers and organisations influencing labour conditions.

Subsidies on products are related to the value or the volume of products of domestically produced products and on imported products and paid per product unit.

The number of days of sick leave as a percentage of the number of available working days. Not included is absence after one year of sickness.

Death rate calculated in a given period in such a way that the influence of the age and sex differences in the composition of the population on mortality is eliminated.

Accommodation with at least five beds for overnight stays, primarily intended for young guests. Beds are located in rooms or dormitories which guests may have to share with strangers.

Systematic list of all economic transactions in a given period between non-residents and residents of the Netherlands as seen from the national accounts framework.

The law insures employees against the financial consequences of unemployment. The duration of the WW benefits depends on the employment record.

A grid of 500 by 500 metres is considered an urbanised area when the surrounding address density is 1 500 or more per square kilometre in the grid.

Commodity board or trading organisation founded on the basis of the law on corporate organisation (Wet op de Bedrijfsorganisatie) and the Socio-economic council supervising them.

The place of educational programs in the Dutch Standard Classification of Education (SOI) based on the economic sector, area of working live or scientific area on which the program focuses.

The total percentage change of the CBS total return index for shares in a given period. The total returns on shares is divided into price change and dividend yields.

Employee earning the minimum wage applicable to his/her age or less. For part-time workers the minimum wage is proportional to the number of weekly hours worked.

Spatial deflator and currency convertor, which eliminates the effects of differences in price levels, thus allowing volume comparisons per capita of GDP components and comparisons of price levels.

A pension fund linked to a company which accumulates money for the pensions of the people who are or were working in the company.

The threshold representing the same purchasing power for all years for all households. The level is based on the welfare benefit level for a single person in 1979.

The collective labour agreement wage rate including special payments plus the legally and contractually required employee contributions for pensions, early retirement, unemployment, labour disability...

The composition of the European Union from 1 January 1986: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany (Federal Republic), Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the UK.

Non-Dutch person who, according to the Geneva convention of 1951, has legitimate grounds to fear prosecution because of religious or political beliefs, nationality, race or belonging to a particular...

The International Standard Classification of Occupations revised in 1988 under the supervision of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and introduced in 1990.

Since February 1994 the year-on-year percentage changes in the consumer price index (CPI) for all households. Before that the official figure was based on the CPI for employees, low.

Private household consisting of a couple and at least one child who lives at home (and possibly with other members).

Authority over a minor and over the minor’s possessions based on a court decision, given to one parent or to a third party when there is no parental authority over the child.

The contributions paid to social security. These include imputed and actual social premiums and actual pension premiums.

This Quarterly Report of the National Youth Monitor for the third quarter of 2009 describes unemployed young people in times of economic crisis.

Body of water closed off from the sea by a dyke, such as the Haringvliet, Hollands Diep (to Moerdijk railway bridge), Volkerak, Krammer, Grevelingenmeer, Veerse meer and Lauwersmeer.