Drop in Short-Term Employment Hours and Sales

Based on a report from the Dutch Federation of Private Employment Agencies (ABU), the temporary workers’ number of hours dropped by -4% in the first half of this year and sales  cut down by -2%. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"25658","attributes":{"class":"media-image size-medium wp-image-3113 ","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","width":"300","height":"199","alt":"Amsterdam"}}]] Amsterdam, the Netherlands
FaceMePLS/flickr In the medical sector, working hours decreased -21%, a match-up between the first half of this year and in 2012 while total sales fell -19%. Meanwhile, working hours in the technical sector declined to -7% and sales dropped at 5% compared to the previous year. The industry sector declined -4% in working hours, with -1% reduction in sales income. The administrative sector, however, reported a -3% drop in hours and a -1% plunge in sales earnings. The working hours of temporary employees declined -5% between May 20 and June 15 this year in contrast to the similar time in 2012 while revenue also dropped -3%. Source: Staffing Industry