Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Business
Achterhoek
benefits
economy
employment
Gelderland
Groningen
job market
jobs
labor
Limburg
unemployment
UWV
welfare
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - 15:42
Share this:
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
  • reddit

Benefits agency: Labor market recovery in progress

The number of jobs filled in the Netherlands will increase for the first time in three years in 2015, according to benefits agency UWV. It is a sign the economic recovery is beginning to take hold in the workforce, which will develop even further next year when growth in the labor market should increase further, UWV says. The number of unemployment benefits should decrease slightly after several years of growth, with a simultaneous rise in the number of available job vacancies. The job market will then continue to improve across most industries, except in health, welfare, financial services and public administration, the agency speculates. At the end of 2014, UWV paid out around 441,000 unemployment benefits. UWV forecasts that the number will decline by 20,000 this year. A similar decline is expected for 2016. UWV predicts the strongest decline in the 15-to-34 age group. The amount of benefits for those aged 55 and above is to increase slightly in 2015, but is expected to drop next year. UWV expects the number of jobs to rise by 38 thousand, although the provinces of Groningen and Limburg will fall behind the rest of the country in employment growth. Such development is due to stagnant population growth in those regions. In the Achterhoek, the eastern most part of Gelderland, a contraction in employment in the next two years is predicted. A sharp decline of around 2.5 percent is expected in agriculture and financial service vacancies. In the latter, the drop is due to a reduction in the role of the middle management. In total, UWV expects 779 thousand jobs to appear in the economy in 2015 and 850 thousand in 2016.

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Quarter of the population downloaded CoronaMelder
  • Gov't expands fixed costs support for struggling companies
  • RIVM stocks up on 840 thousand extra flu vaccines
  • Solar parks become more popular as green energy rises by 40 percent
  • Nearly 50K more Covid vaccines administered; Infection average rises again
  • €600 million in cocaine headed to one Dutch address caught in busts

Top Stories

  • Nearly 50K more Covid vaccines administered; Infection average rises again
  • €600 million in cocaine headed to one Dutch address caught in busts
  • All primary school teachers to be tested for Covid: report
  • AstraZeneca says it will deliver vaccines as promised, also to NL
  • Experts critical about lockdown relaxations; Students, retailers disappointed
  • AstraZeneca vaccine deliveries through June likely 50% lower than thought: Report

© 2012-2021 NLTimes.nl, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Privacy
  • Contact