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More employees on courses, less spent on training
Nearly four out of ten private sector employees in the Netherlands did a work-related course in 2010. Five years previously this was 34 percent. In 2010 spending on courses accounted for 2.1 percent...
Fewer jobs
In the second quarter of this year, 53 thousand jobs of employees (a decline by 0.7 percent) were lost relative to the second quarter of 2011. Employment was down in many sectors relative to one year...
Fewer trade union members in the workplace
Last year, 1.3 million employees (20 percent of all employees) were members of a trade union, versus more than 25 percent in 2000. The trade union membership rate declined more rapidly among men than...
Fewer jobs
In the second quarter of this year, 55 thousand jobs of employees (a decline by 0.7 percent) were lost relative to the second quarter of 2011. Employment was down in many sectors relative to one year...
Half of employees experience aggression in the workplace
Last year, 48 percent of employees in the health care sector had to cope with workplace aggression, versus 33 percent of all employees.
Income and capital in old age - comparing the former self-employed and employees (Dutch only)
Self-employed people receive less pension but have more capital than employees, on average. What does this mean for their financial position? Commissioned by: Ministry of Social Affairs and...
40 percent gender income gap self-employed without personnel
The incomes female self-employed without personnel generate form their own business are considerably lower than those of their male counterparts. Women are also more often active in sectors where...
Employment marginally down
In the first quarter of this year, 26 thousand jobs of employees (a decline by 0.3 percent) were lost relative to the first quarter of 2011.
Nearly one in five employees are flex workers
The number of flex workers is growing continually. Between 2001 and 2011, the share of flex workers grew from 13 to 18 percent. Most flex workers are young. The economic situation strongly affects...
Fewer hours worked in temp jobs
The amount of hours worked in stage A temp jobs was nearly 2 percent down in the first quarter of 2012 from the fourth quarter of 2011. The number of hours worked in stage A temp jobs declined for...
Modest job growth
In the fourth quarter of 2011, the number of jobs of employees was 34 thousand up from the fourth 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...
Average retirement age employees more than 63 years
The average retirement age of employees had risen to more than 63 years in 2011.
Employment opportunities social security recipients vary considerably by municipality
Nearly 30 thousand persons living on social security benefits by the end of 2009 managed to find jobs in 2010, i.e. 9 percent of social security recipients. In the category municipalities with 100...
Just over one in three workers do company training
In 2010 36 percent of private sector employees went on a company course. Employers spent 1.6 billion euro on company training, this is 435 euro on average per employee.
Men and full-timers most likely to work overtime
Just over one in three employees regularly work overtime. More men and full-time workers work overtime than women and part-time workers.
Decline in number of hours worked in temp jobs
The amount of hours worked in stage A temp jobs was reduced by 3 percent in the third quarter relative to the second quarter. In the five preceding quarters, the number of hours worked in temp jobs...
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 employed develop burnout symptoms
The proportion of employed developing burnout symptoms has grown between 2007 and 2010. The burnout rate is marginally higher among higher educated than among lower educated and relatively low among...
More than one quarter of employed work from home
More than 27 percent of Dutch employed were working from home part of their regular working hours in 2010.
Sickness absence lowest among hotel and restaurant workers
The sickness absence rate among employees in the Netherlands was 4.1 percent in the second quarter of 2011.
Modest employment growth
In the second quarter of this year, the number of employee jobs was 51 thousand (0.6 percent) up on the same period in 2010. After correction for seasonal variation, the number of jobs increased by...
The significance of the 'CUMELA' sector for rural areas in the Netherlands (Dutch only)
Tables and maps of workers in the CUMELA sectors (cultivation infrastructure, manure distribution, and agricultural contractors) who live in rural areas of the Netherlands. Commissioned by: CUMELA...
Increase labour costs at lowest level in two decades
Last year, the labour costs per year of employment increased by 1.4 percent, the smallest increase since 1989. The average annual increase over the past decade was 3.3 percent.