Labour and social security
Filter by year:- Far fewer jobs
- Unemployment down
- Substantial increase unemployment among lower-skilled technicians and construction workers
- Slightly more job vacancies
- Fewer participants in work reintegration schemes
- More than half a million people have two jobs
- Number of social security recipients stable
- Marginal increase hours worked in temp jobs
- Pleasant workplace atmosphere important
- Share of teleworking employees growing
- Unemployment down
- Slightly more job vacancies
- More than half of couples with young children one-and-a-half-income earners
- Trade union membership further down
- More young people with a flexible employment contract
- Disability benefits down by 175 thousand in the space of ten years
- Crisis tax puts more than 600 million euros in government coffers
- Marginal unemployment growth
- Medical professionals ageing
- Collectively negotiated wage 1.2 percent up in third quarter
- Further decline in job vacancies
- Fewer social security recipients find employment
- Number of jobs continues to fall
- Unemployment down in August
- Two thirds unemployed because jobs were axed or temporary contract expired
- Further decline in job vacancies
- 400 thousand people on social security
- Further decline hours worked in stage A temp jobs
- Number of vacancies further down
- Unemployment continues to grow
- Nearly half a million employed annually involved in industrial accidents
- Unemployment further up
- Highly-educated young men more often unemployed than their female counterparts
- Again fewer job vacancies
- Unemployment high among flexible workers
- Unemployment rises further in May
- More than half of employees commute to work
- Number of job vacancies down again
- Continuous decline in amount of hours worked in temp jobs
- Sharp growth number of social security recipients
- Reduction older WW benefit recipients
- 'New' self-employed without employees want a challenge and flexible working hours
- Many strike days in 2012
- Fewer AOW benefits in January due to legislation change
- Dutch labour market dynamics
- Unemployment further up
- Amount of unfilled job vacancies marginally down
- Unemployment in the Netherlands higher than in Germany
- Older employees: more concerned, but also most enthusiastic about their job
- Unemployment rises to over 8 percent
- Average age labour force more than 5 years up within two decades
- Collectively negotiated wage increase highest since the end of 2009
- Higher bonuses for employees in 2011
- Number of job vacancies further down
- Sustained job losses
- Rapid unemployment growth continues in February
- More older people active on the labour market
- 145 thousand employees earn 100 thousand euros or more
- Unemployment highest in Flevoland
- Number of job vacancies further down
- Number of income support benefits continues to grow
- Further decline in amount of hours worked in temp jobs
- Sharp increase unemployment
- Marginal increase single parents on income support
- Number of open job vacancies down
- Sustained job losses
- More unemployed among people with non-western background in 2012
- Notable increase WW benefits in Randstad region
- Pupils and students often work as shop assistant or the in catering industry
- One in ten AOW benefits granted to people living abroad
- More male part-timers
- Unemployment continues to grow
- Over 40 percent of employees 65 years or older at retirement
- Collectively negotiated wages 1.6 percent up in 2012
- Number of job vacancies fairly stable