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Fewer employees take parental leave
Fewer employees took parental leave in 2008 than in previous years, but the average leave period increased.
Part-timers less satisfied with working hours than full-timers
In 2008, the large majority of workers in the Netherlands, nearly 86 percent, were satisfied with their working hours.
Number of unemployment benefits growing faster
Some 11 thousand more unemployment benefits (WW) were paid out in April 2009 than the month before. This brings the seasonally adjusted figure to 203 thousand.
People more concerned about losing their jobs
At the end of 2008 show that by the end of last year, one million employees (18 percent) reported they were concerned about losing their jobs.
Sickness absence rate stable in recent years
Last year's sickness absence rate for Dutch employees averaged 4.3 percent. The lowest rate was recorded among people employed in agriculture. Since 2004, the sickness absence rate in the Netherlands...
Four percent of employees per day off sick
Sickness absence among Dutch employees was an average 3.9 percent in the third quarter of 2008.
Labour shortage past its peak
Tension on the Dutch labour market remained high in 2008. The period of fast increasing labour shortage seems to be over, though, and the first signs of an increasing labour supply can be seen...
Number of video shops reduced by half over the past decade
The number of video shops was reduced by half over the period 1998–2008.
Employees put less aside in life course schemes
Employees in the Netherlands saved 840 million euro in life course savings and insurance schemes in 2007. This is 70 million euro less than in 2006.