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Unemployment rate down to 3.6 percent
In January, there were 337 thousand unemployed, equivalent to 3.6 percent of the labour force. From November through January, unemployment declined by an average of 23 thousand per month.
Participation in politics
Participation; political favour and voting behaviour, political interest and opinions by personal characteristics
Employment; economic activity, quarterly, national accounts, 1995-2018
Employed persons, jobs, hours worked, also with seasonal correction employee or self-employed, economic activity
5% of workers in Zuid-Limburg commute across the border
Of all regions in the Netherlands, Zuid-Limburg has the highest percentage of employees living in Germany or Belgium. In 2016, this was more than 5 percent.
Producer confidence hardly changed in March
In March 2022, the mood among Dutch manufacturers has hardly changed.
Median purchasing power continues to rise
The purchasing power of the Dutch population improved 1.1 percent last year.
Lock-out
Temporarily stopping the work of employees by the employer.
Employers' direct benefits
Payments by employers to (former) employees, directly without involvement of the social funds.
Cross border worker
Employee who works in one country and lives in another.
Time wages
The minimum wage to which an employee is entitled during normal working hours.
Paid work
A job, carried out by an employee or by a self-employed person
Collective labour agreement
A contract between employers and employees on working conditions during a given period.
Gross weekly wage
Regularly paid weekly wage excluding occasional payments, before employee contributions to pension and early retirement schemes.
Potential working hours
The weekly working hours agreed with the employee multiplied by the number of weeks per year.
Permanent job
A job based on a contract between an employer and an employee for an indefinite period of time.
Wage sum
The total of wages and social premiums paid by employers. Use for: Compensation of employees.
Temporary job
A job based on a contract between an employer and an employee for a specified limited period of time.
Worker on call
Employee who is available for work on call and who does not have a fixed number of working hours.
Monthly wages
The gross wage paid each month before deducting the pension and early retirement premiums paid by the employee.
Occupational health care service
Safety, health and welfare service for employees, as laid down in the Dutch Arbowet.
Full-time job
An employee's job when he or she has a contract and tasks for a full working day and full working week.
Law on the extended obligation to pay sickness benefits (WULBZ)
This law prescribes that employers must pay the employees wage during sickness for a maximum of one year.
Save-as-you-earn deduction
The part of the gross wages deposited in the employee’s account for the save-as-you-earn scheme.
Working in shifts
Working in a system where the working hours of two or more groups of employees (of about equal numbers) follow or slightly overlap.