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Modest but sustained job growth
Economic recession affects bonuses in 2009
Employment participation rate also higher among mothers with non-western background
Unemployment virtually unchanged
Parental leave in private sector usually unpaid
Fewer employees with a permanent contract
More self-employed people without personnel in the third quarter of 2010
More young people prefer education to a job
Number of income support benefits hardly up
Background characteristics account for lower wages second generation
Number of hours worked in temp jobs increases further
Unemployment down as fewer people lose their jobs
Lorry driver and shop assistant most popular jobs
No further increase retirement age employees
Unemployment reduced further, though marginally
Nearly 1.7 million disabled people in the Dutch labour force
Job vacancies up
One in twelve welfare claimants found a job in 2009
Trade union membership slightly down in 2010
Relatively more women unemployed in the course of time
Unemployment marginally down
Childcare more important for working parents
Social security debt amounts to 1.3 billion euro
CAO wage increase stable in third quarter
Wage gap between genders narrowing
Fewer jobs lost than anticipated
Unemployment down for sixth month in a row
Statistics Netherlands and the 100 million pay slips
Most recipients of part-time WW benefits in metal industry
300 thousand social assistance benefits
Substantial increase in number of temp jobs
Unemployment further down
One in ten 15 to 64-year-olds receive social security benefits
Number of job vacancies stable
Few Eastern Europeans living in the Netherlands receive social security and unemployment benefits
Unemployment marginally lower
Increase in east European workers picks up again
Most employees do not take leave to care for a sick relative
New method for Statistics Netherlands' unemployment figures
More and more families with two working parents
Smallest wage rise since 2005
More higher educated women, higher labour participation rate
Sustained loss of jobs
Secondary school pupils earn extra income of 1,100 euro annually
Fewer people changed jobs in 2009
Unemployment further down
Fewer temp agency workers in manufacturing in particular in 2009
Number of income support benefits up again
Smaller reduction in number of temp jobs
Fewer unemployed
Fewer and fewer survivor benefits
Job vacancies continue to fall
More older people working
New method for job vacancies
More and more employees want to work to the age of 65
Slower rise in unemployment
Declining trend WAO benefits levels off
Few strike days in 2009
Fewer school-leavers without starter qualification
Changes on the job market manifest in more modest increase CAO wages
Job market also tougher for women
Sickness absence rate up slightly in 2009
Fewer jobs lost
Sustained unemployment growth
From self-employes to employed
Male part-timers more often than women decide to increase their working hours
Mothers working long hours are more often self-employed
Unemployment up across all provinces in 2009
Increase social security benefits 22 thousand in 2009
Decline in number of temp hours levels off
Self-employed hardly worked less in 2009
Fewer extra hours worked in second half of 2009
Unemployment further up
Number of unfilled job vacancies marginally down
Unemployment rate 11 percent among people with non-western background
Four in ten surviving relatives receive Anw benefit
More self-employed without personnel chuck it in
Marginal growth East European workers
Strong rise in unemployment for over-45s
Collectively agreed wages up 2.9 percent in 2009
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