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Larger rise in collectively agreed wages in third quarter
Collectively agreed wage rates in the Netherlands rose by 1.7 percent in the third quarter of 2012. This is the largest increase in collectively agreed wages since the end of 2009. The increase is...
Job growth 2 percent in second quarter of 2008
In the second quarter of 2008, the number of jobs of employees increased by 154 thousand (2.0 percent) relative to the same quarter last year.
370 thousand workers living on incomes below the poverty line
Despite having paid jobs, 370 thousand households in the Netherlands were living below the poverty line in 2009.
Employees feel less autonomous
According to the Netherlands Working Conditions Survey 2013, conducted by TNO and Statistics Netherlands, the percentage of employees in the Netherlands who say they can organise their own work has...
Labour price index; index figures 2010=100; National Accounts, 2001-2017
Labour price index; wage costs per hour worked Branches SIC 2008
Business service providers optimistic about future turnover
In September, the number of business services providers anticipating turnover growth in the next three months largely outnumbered those anticipating a decrease. The balance of positive and negative...
Slightly more jobs
In the fourth quarter of 2011, the number of jobs of employees was 31 thousand up from the same quarter of 2010, an increase by 0.4 percent.
Economic situation improving
Economic situation improving
Fewer jobs
The number of jobs of employees was 145 thousand lower in the first quarter of 2010 than in the first quarter of 2009; a fall of 1.8 percent. The decrease is in the same order of magnitude as in the...
Number of jobs up by 33 thousand
In the third quarter of 2011, the number of jobs of employees was 33 thousand higher than in the same quarter of 2010, an increase by 0.4 percent.
More hours worked in temp jobs
The amount of hours worked in stage A temp jobs was 1 percent up in the fourth quarter of 2011 from the preceding quarter. In the third quarter, the number of hours worked in temp jobs stage A had...
More women employed
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that the number of working women has risen more rapidly over the past decade than the number of working men. In the second quarter of 2015, the employed labour...
Business services monitor fourth quarter 2012
In the fourth quarter of 2012 turnover in the Dutch business services sector was lower than a year earlier. This meant that after three quarters of turnover growth, the fourth quarter of 2012 saw a...
More and more short-term unemployment benefits
The number of unemployment (WW) benefits has risen in recent years to over 400 thousand by the end of September 2013. Inflow and outflow are increasing. The amount of short-term WW benefits has grown...