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Jobs growth up to 110 thousand
Unemployment rate marginally down
Many more older people retired in 2004
Sickness absence rate stable in 2005
Few older people without work want a job
Biggest fall in income support for years
Unemployment virtually unchanged
Record number of unfilled job vacancies
Most employees do not want to work longer hours
Most short-term unemployed are young
High labour participation rate, but many part-time workers in the Netherlands
Unemployment up after decreasing for a year
Work incapacity among women no longer growing
Rise in collectively negotiated wages stable in third quarter
Job growth continues in the second quarter
More temporary workers from Poland
Unemployment down to 400 thousand
Job growth highest in Flevoland and Gelderland
People with disablement less active on the job market
Flex workers in higher demand
Continuous rise in number of jobs
Employers pay much more in pension premiums
Number of welfare benefits continues to fall
Childcare often provided by family and friends
Disablement expenditure decreasing fast
Full-time hours down sharply in last 50 years
Fewer people unemployed
Number of job vacancies increased
More vacancies
Unemployment further down
Number of strikes more than doubled in 2005
Larger rise in collectively negotiated wages in second quarter
Substantial job increase in first quarter 2006
More second generation mothers go back to work
Working until 65 rather unpopular
Economic recovery leads to fewer unemployment benefits
Unemployment below 6 percent
Again fewer welfare benefits
Civil servants with foreign background earn less because of lower education
Job vacancies stable at high level
Unemployment continues to fall
Working mothers do not suffer more burn-out
Fewer qualified young people unemployed
One quarter of employed labour force over 50
Unemployment down again
Collectively negotiated wage increase substantially higher at the start of 2006
Care for family keeps fewer women at home
More workers via temp agencies
More jobs in fourth quarter 2005
Income support fraud cases down further in 2005
Unemployment falls further
Regional variation in female labour supply
Labour disablement benefits down by 60 thousand
Number of job vacancies still high
Unemployment still high in the north
Unemployment down again in January 2006
Pension entitlement often only partial
Unemployment of non-western foreigners hardly rose in 2005
More women active on the labour market
More jobs for temps
Unemployment further reduced
Fewer people on income support find work
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