staff shortage

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Artificial Intelligence
BusinessTechInnovation
More Dutch businesses trying to combat staff shortages with AI over wage hikes
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Reception zone at a hospital
Health
Waiting times of a year or longer at some Dutch hospitals as doctor shortage grows
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Gurneys in a hospital corridor
HealthTechInnovation
Dutch gov't urged to critically examine whether AI can really solve healthcare problems
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A GP's workspace - a stethoscope on a desk with a laptop and notebooks
HealthTechInnovation
Health insurer financially pressuring doctors to use unreliable triage apps, GP's say
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Security personnel at Schiphol Airport. 13 December 2022
Business
Schiphol starts security checkpoint reorganization, sparking concerns for waiting times
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Medical professionals
Business
Insurance doctors in training buckling under workload as UWV waiting lists mount
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An UWV office complex in Breda. November 2015
PoliticsBusiness
Waiting times for disability benefits assessment rises to 15 months in some regions
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Construction site with buildings under construction in Nijmegen, 8 February 2023
Business
Netherlands' increased Defense spending putting further pressure on housing construction
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Housing construction in Urk, March 2020
PoliticsBusiness
Quarter of municipalities' housing construction plans never broke ground
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Seasonal workers harvesting asparagus on a farm in Lottum, Horst aan de Maas, Limburg. 19 June 2021
Business
Over half of temporary workers in Netherlands are from abroad
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Rotterdam City Hall
Business
Municipal staff shortage: Third of officials retiring in 10 years, vacancies remain open
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A fisherman catching fish with a cast net.
Business
Shrimp fishers leave industry as buyout scheme reduces fleet
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A mother and newborn baby, wrapped in a striped hospital gown
Health
Two-thirds of maternity nurses feel families need more care than they can provide
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Childcare
Politics
Advisory body very critical of plan for nearly free childcare for working parents
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An UWV office complex in Breda. November 2015
HealthBusiness
UWV extends assessment time for disability benefits as backlog grows
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Job hunting
Business
Some mass layoffs could ge good for the Dutch economy, labor market, experts say
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Members of Parliament vote on a motion telling the Cabinet to revise its plan to implement stricter salary rules for the highly-skilled migrant scheme. 25 Nov. 2025
PoliticsBusiness
MPs tell Cabinet to ease “disproportionate” salary rules for highly-skilled migrants
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A stressed doctor
Health
Increasing number of young women unable to work due to mental health problems
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Working from home
Business
Number of jobs to continue to grow despite geopolitical tensions, automation, AI: UWV
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Sing board at Amsterdam Muiderpoort station showing canceled train to Leiden after a derailment in Voorschoten, 4 April 2023
Business
Many trains cancelled in 5 largest Dutch cities on Tuesday over traffic control staffing
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Sea containers stacked on top of each other in the Maasvlakte harbor in the port of Rotterdam
Crime
Human trafficking reports on the rise in the Netherlands; Especially more child victims
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Dutch police: Forensic investigators standing behind crime scene tape
Crime
Police abandoning many more cases due to capacity issues; 45,000 dropped last year
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Police officers and forensic investigators at the scene of a crime
Crime
Dutch police detective shortage increases to record 1,500 openings
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Zuidas, the financial and business district in the south of Amsterdam
Business
Employers against gov't plan to raise minimum salary requirement for knowledge migrants