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ZW
Abbreviation of the Dutch law: Sickness Benefits Act (ZW).
ZFW
Abbreviation of the Dutch law: Compulsory health insurance act (ZFW).
CBS tightens criteria for remote access to CBS databases
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) asked a committee of independent scientific experts to investigate external researchers’ use of remote access to consult CBS’ databases.
Police
Government body responsible for enforcing legal order, combatting crime and unsafety, including detecting punishable acts, and providing assistance to those who require it.
Labour cost subsidy
Subsidy on the total wage sum of a company based on the act to combat the volume of labour disability (TAV).
Public Prosecution Service
Government body responsible for upholding the law, detecting and prosecuting punishable acts, implementing penalties and informing the judge in as far as required by law.
Retail turnover almost 17 percent up in February
The Dutch retail sector recorded 16.5 percent year-on-year turnover growth. The volume of sales went up by 12 percent.
Vocational training
One of the two tracks in secondary vocational training introduced by the WEB (Adult and Vocational Education Act). In this track students spend 20-60 percent of their time of practical training...
Block or day release programmes
One of the two tracks in secondary vocational training introduced by the WEB (Adult and Vocational Education Act). In this track students spend 60 percent of their time of practical training within a...
Industrial waste
Material of little value to the company that the company wants to dispose of (Environmental Management Act, C.1, art. 1.1). Exceptions are: radioactive waste; hazardous waste registered with the...
The Netherlands Museum Association
The association looks after the interest of the museum sector and acts as the representative organ of Dutch museums. The museum is active in stimulating museum visits and developing knowledge and...
Developing a material flow monitor for the Netherlands from national statistical data
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) developed a Material Flow Monitor (MFM) that captures national resource extraction, imports and exports, product flows between economic sectors, as well as emissions and...
WEB
Abbreviation of the Dutch law: Adult and Vocational Education Act (WEB).
Criminal offence
Punishable act classified as serious in the criminal laws.
WAO
Abbreviation of the Dutch Law: Disablement Benefits Act (WAO).
WAZ
Abbreviation of the Dutch law: Self-employed Persons Disablement Benefits Act (WAZ).
Unemployment benefits; amounts per month. 1998-2009.
Benefits granted under the Unemployment Insurance Act in mln euro Amounts
Secondary vocational education
Secondary vocational training including the block or day release programmes introduced by the WEB (Adult and Vocational Education Act) as per 1 August 1998.
Victim (legal)
Person or body against whom a punishable act is directed, or who has directly been affected by the consequences of a criminal offence.
Pension insurance
An insurance an employer has with a pension fund or insurance company in order to provide the employees with a pension to supplement the benefits under the General Old Age Pension Act (AOW).
Suspect
Before prosecution starts this is the person who, on the grounds of facts or circumstances, is suspected of having committed a punishable act. Once prosecution has started it is the person against...
Dutch as a second language
There is a classification of the linguistic competence in Dutch as a second language based on the qualification structure for adult education laid down in the Adult and Vocational Education Act of...
Disablement provisions
These include the law on industrial accidents of 1901 and 1921, the law on accidents in agriculture and horticulture of 1922-1967, the law on invalidity (since 1919), the law on industrial disability...
Unemployment benefits per month by sex, age and region, 1998-2015
Number of unemployment benefits (Unemployment Insurance Act) by region: parts of the country and provinces, broken down by sex and age
Government deficit for 2021 down to 2.5 percent of GDP
In 2021, the Dutch government recorded a budget deficit of almost 22 billion euros. This is equal to 2.5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP).