Number of unemployed rose slightly in January, even more workers – Groninger Newspaper

Number of unemployed rose slightly in January, even more workers – Groninger Newspaper

I he number of people that had no paid work but work searched in January with two thousand increased compared to December 2014. This brings the number of unemployed amounted to 645 thousand people aged 15 to 75 years. That is 7.2 percent of the workforce. The number of workers has increased in January. This makes the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) announced today.

The last four months there are more people looking for work. Because not all of them immediately find a job, the number of unemployed increases. From March to September, the unemployment rate still fell. Figures from UWV shows that the number of unemployment benefits in January with 17 thousand has increased 458 thousand . The number of benefits beginning in 2015 was slightly lower than in early 2014.

More people in employment

rose on average for the past three months the number of unemployed 4 thousand to a month. In the same period also increased the work force, with a monthly average of 6 thousand . The increase in the workforce is partly because young people often report again on the labor market. But his older longer professionally active.

The main indicator of unemployment is from this article based on the definition of the International Labour Office (ILO). The main difference between the national and the international definition of the labor force, the number of hours per week that a person is working or want to work. According to the international definition, being everyone is counted in the guidelines of the ILO, which works even students with a part-time job. That means that the border is one hour per week. According to the national definition includes the working people who paid a substantial number of hours per week or that actually want. Therefore, the limit laid at twelve hours per week. Also exists in the international definition of the labor force from 15 to-and-with-74-year-olds, while the upper limit on 64 is the national definition. In addition, due to an improvement in the perception adjusted all data on unemployment and labor force. CBS continues to publish figures on both the national and the ILO definition of unemployment. More information about these changes was previously published by Statistics Netherlands.

Nearly one million small cars

In 2014, there were 8.2 million people from 15 to 75 with a job of at least one hour per week. Of them worked 12 percent less than twelve hours a week. This group, according to the national definition (see box), but according to the ILO definition, belong to the active labor force. More than half of the jobs come to twelve hours a week on behalf of young people to 25 . In people aged 25 to 65

small jobs are just relatively rare. Among the 65-to-75-year-olds, the proportion with a small job, although relatively high, but because in this age, few people work, yet it is a small number.

little less unemployment benefits over a year ago

Compared to January 2014, the number of unemployment benefits with 0.6 percent until 458 thousand . The number of unemployment benefits to men fell from a year earlier, while the number of women increased. From sectors and occupations where men are overrepresented as construction (- 19 percent) , and technical and industrial occupations (- 7 percent), the number of benefits rose proportionally strongest back. A relatively large increase in the number of benefits UWV registered correctly from the care and welfare (+14 percent), in (para) medical professions (+7 percent) and caring and service occupations (+5 percent) where many women work.

Under the rose-50s unemployment benefits by 10 percent of the time. Among young people to 25 the number of benefits fell by 15.3 percent .

Compared with December 2014 the number of unemployment benefits in January 2015 increased by 3.8 percent . That is less than in January 2014 when the increase came on 5.2 percent versus December 2013.

Many more people over 50 at the work from the WW

UWV issued in January 2015 a total of 75 thousand new unemployment benefits, 4 4 percent was less than in January 2014. The number of benefits terminated 58 thousand , 4.5 percent more than a year earlier. The number of benefits were terminated due to return to work, increased compared with January 2014 increased by 8.6 percent to 29 thousand . Especially in people over 50, this number rose sharply, with 28 percent . For juveniles to 25 years were 10 percent ended less allowances for return to work.

Unemployment in the Netherlands relatively low

Unemployment in the Netherlands came in January from the 7.2 percent in the labor force, which is as high as in December This is the unemployment in our country internationally relatively low. The unemployment rate in the Eurozone was in December, namely 11.4 percent and the European Union as a whole 9.9 percent . With approximately 5 percent Unemployment was lowest in Austria and Germany. German unemployment is declining for ten years. In Belgium and France, the unemployment rate by 8.5 and over 10 respectively for more than two years of relatively stable.