Search results
Page 1 of 29
Nearly 1 in 6 workers have stressful jobs
In 2024, 16 percent of workers were in demanding jobs with low autonomy.
Fewer workers changing jobs
A total of 305 thousand workers changed employers in the second quarter of 2025.
Workers spend nearly 9 hours a day sitting
In 2024, workers in the Netherlands spent an average of 8.8 hours a day sitting.
Healthcare workers on fewer hours are the most likely to work more
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) tracked changes in the working hours of workers in the healthcare and well-being between Q4 2021 and Q4 2023
Multinational firms and local workers
This dissertation examines the impact of multinational firms on wages, career development, and job stability. Using matched employer-employee data from the Netherlands, the chapters explore how firm...
Multinational firms and local workers
This dissertation examines the impact of multinational firms on wages, career development, and job stability. Using matched employer-employee data from the Netherlands, the chapters explore how firm...
Multinational firms and local workers
This dissertation examines the impact of multinational firms on wages, career development, and job stability. Using matched employer-employee data from the Netherlands, the chapters explore how firm...
Fewer workers in flexible employment and more on permanent contracts
Twenty-eight percent of the employed labour force in Q1 2024 were classified as being in flexible employment.
Care sector has the most female workers
There were 11.5 million jobs in the Dutch economy in 2023, an increase of 8 million since 1995.
Workers' retirement age nearing 66
A total of 86 thousand Dutch employees retired in 2023.
Work of nearly half of workers made easier by new technology
At the end of 2022, 47.5 percent of all workers who use new technology at work reported that this made their jobs easier
Inappropriate behaviour at work is most common in healthcare sector
Workers in the healthcare sector and the accommodation and food services sector (hospitality) are the most likely to experience inappropriate or unwanted behaviour at work, such as unwanted sexual...
Labour participation; young people
Labour force, unemployment, labour participation Young people (15-24 years), sex, in education or not
Labour participation; key figures
Labour force, unemployment rate, labour participation Sex, age, level of education High Value Dataset - Statistiek
Increasing use of AI by business
In 2024, 22.7 percent of companies with ten or more workers used one or more forms of AI technology.
Misunderstandings due to multilingualism in the workplace
The majority of respondents (64 percent) say that when colleagues speak more than one language, this rarely leads to misunderstandings.
More wages end up in other countries than ten years ago
A total of 3.3 billion euros in wages went from the Netherlands to other countries in the second quarter of 2024, a rise of 73 percent since the same period in 2014.
Decline in trade union membership continues
In 2023, 15 percent of workers aged between 15 and 75 were members of a trade union.
Dutch AI monitor 2024
The AI Monitor 2024 reports on the development of methods for the production of new statistics on AI, and also provides some figures on this. The full publication consists of a long read and three...
Concerns over international trade among manufacturing exporters
Among industrial exporters in the Netherlands, 95 percent are concerned regarding international trade policy in the next 12 months
Homeworkers live fifteen minutes further away from work
A one-way journey from a worker’s residence to their employer's permanent address was 32 minutes on average in 2023, according to survey respondents.
The Dutch labour market in Q3 2024
How did the labour market perform in the third quarter of 2024? In this video, CBS's Chief Economist Peter Hein van Mulligen gives an update on recent changes in the labour market. English subtitles...
Labour participation; position in the household
Labour force, unemployment, labour participation Position in household, sex, age
More young people joining unions after years of decline
The number of union members under the age of 45 has risen after years of decline.
Around 6 in 10 Ukrainian refugees are in paid employment
On 1 May 2025, 63 percent of Ukrainian refugees in the Netherlands were in employment.