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Guardianship
Authority over a minor and over the minor’s possessions based on a court decision, given to one parent or to a third party when there is no parental authority over the child.
Company pension fund
A pension fund linked to a company which accumulates money for the pensions of the people who are or were working in the company.
Seasonal correction
The removal of annually recurring patterns from the figures which are normal for a particular time of year.
Sick leave percentage (private sector)
The number of days of sick leave as a percentage of the number of available working days. Not included is absence after one year of sickness.
Settlement by judge
In civil law: final decision, usually by awarding, partly awarding or rejecting the petition or claim. In criminal law: final verdict, i.e. verdict of guilty, acquittal, or another final verdict
Foreign net turnover
Total net turnover from sales to foreign buyers
Joinder ad informandum
Joining one criminal case without charges with another case by the public prosecutor so that the judge can take the two cases into consideration in determining the sentence.
Solved crime
A crime is solved when the police knows who at least one suspect is, even if that suspect is on the run or denies having committed the crime.
Contractual wage costs
The collective labour agreement wage rate including special payments plus the legally and contractually required employee contributions for pensions, early retirement, unemployment, labour disability...
Temporary guardianship
Measure in which a specialised judge for youth cases provides authority for a minor when the minor is not under parental authority or when this authority is not exercised.
Pre-tax results
The sum of the operating and financial results.
International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) 1988
The International Standard Classification of Occupations revised in 1988 under the supervision of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and introduced in 1990.
Labour contract for a fixed period of time
An employment contract which specifies a fixed period of time, either as agreed between employer and employee, or determined by law or by custom.
Trade union
Organisation of employees with the aim to represent the collective and/or individual interests of its members in the face of employers and organisations influencing labour conditions.
Regulation of working hours
Working hours are divided into: - regular working hours (only during the day on week days), - irregular working hours (distinguishable in: working evenings, working nights, working Saturdays and...
Taking away parental powers or custody on legal grounds
Court decision to discharge parents from their authority or to relieve a guardian of guardianship on the basis of inability to fulfil their tasks of care and education.
Trade union federation
The umbrella organisation of trade unions that engages as a social partner in the negotiations at the national level in the Stichting van de Arbeid, Sociaal-Economische Raad, Sociale...
Sickness Benefits Act (ZW)
The law insures employees against the expense from sickness and labour disability. The law applies when there is no legal obligation to continue paying wages.
Occupational Disability Insurance Act (WAO)
The law entitles employees who become disabled to a benefit replacing their wages when they become long-term disabled, e.g. for more than one year.
Percentage of cases solved
The total number of crimes solved in a given period expressed as a percentage of the number of crimes of the same sort recorded by the police in that period.
Sick leave percentage
The number of calendar days (including weekends) of sick leave in the observation period, divided by the labour volume (in fulltime equivalents) multiplied by the number of calendar days in the...
Contractual social premiums
The employer’s contribution paid in the framework of insuring pensions for employees and the premiums for additional disablement and unemployment insurance, sick leave benefits and social funds...
Discharge from all further prosecution
A court order issued in cases where the Public Prosecution Service has been able to prove the charges against a defendant, but the relevant offence or the offender is not punishable.
Bankruptcy
State declared by the court when a debtor has ceased all payments after which the assets and income of the bankrupt are ceased as a possible compensation to the creditor(s).