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Labour shortage past its peak
Job growth slows in third quarter of 2008
Job growth slows down
Unemployment unchanged
Fewer unemployment benefits than after last economic boom
Fewer hours worked in temp jobs
Number of social security benefits still declining
Male labour participation rate lower in major cities than in the rest of the country
Doctorate holders successful on the labour market
Unemployment hardly changed
Working single mothers often hold full-time jobs
More than one million people hold executive positions
Care-providing duties no longer prevent women from working
Fewer benefits under the National Survivor's Benefits Act
Quarter of a million children depend on income support
Number of job vacancies still high
Limburg accounts for largest number of unemployment benefits
Working voluntary carers take more time off
Dutch unemployment lowest in EU
Relatively many income support claimants with children in re-integration programmes
Fewer long-term income support claimants in problem districts
Unemployment continues to fall
Nearly 95 thousand east European workers in the Netherlands
Workers in education oldest on average
One in eleven employees work flexible hours
Job growth 2 percent in second quarter of 2008
Unemployment dips below 300 thousand
Increasing labour market participation by young people
Small increase in number of hours worked in temp jobs
Number of social security benefits 20 thousand down in less than 1 year
Part-time work force grows faster than full-time work force
4 percent of the labour force unemployed
Number of job vacancies still high
Social benefits reduced by over 300 thousand
Unemployment hardly changed
Unemployment rate down in nearly all provinces
Collectively negotiated wage increases substantially larger
Jobs up 2.2 percent in first quarter
Large families less likely to use formal child care
Unemployment not falling as fast as before
Just over 10 percent of parents want parental leave, but do not claim it
Small increase in number of hours worked in temp jobs
Manufacturers expect record investments
Decrease in welfare benefits tapering off
Unemployment further down
Groningen has largest proportion of young social security claimants
Number of vacancies slightly down
More people working on permanent contracts
Childcare no longer stands in the way of mothers who want to work
Long-term unemployment down
Labour participation of mothers continues to rise
Large proportion of labour migrants leave the Netherlands within four years
Work and income following mass redundancy
Slight fall in unemployment
Fewer young people unemployed
Sharp increase in young disabled
Collectively agreed wages rise more in first quarter of 2008 than in whole of 2007
Shorter period on income support increases chance of coming off it
Job growth still high, but slowing down
No further fall in unemployment
Sharper fall in unemployment among non-westerners
Work-disabled hardly benefit from thriving economy
More older people working in the Netherlands and in the EU
Mothers continue to work part-time when their children grow older
Older employees hardly prepared to change their jobs
Decelerating growth in hours worked in temp jobs
Number of long-term income support benefits down
Second-generation people with foreign background can claim higher pensions than first generation
Fewer unemployed
Job vacancies remain at record level
Unemployment down by nearly 70 thousand in 2007
Collectively negotiated wages increase 2 percent in 2007
More than 225 thousand people participate in municipal reintegration programmes
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