This was reported by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) Thursday. In November there were still 6.7 percent. The unemployment rate dropped most in the 25 to 45 age group.
That’s better, is mainly due to an increase in the number of employed. Seen over the last quarter of 2015, unemployment decreased by an average of seven people per month. At the same time came a month on average three thousand people with a job at.
Lodewijk Asscher Minister of Social Affairs is responding positively to the figures. ” Unemployment is now below the 600,000. That’s the lowest level since 2012, ” he says. ” There are still too many people unemployed. For these people, there are more opportunities, but there are also more people who go back trying to get to work. ”
December it had more unemployment benefits than a year earlier. That number grew by 1.1 percent to 446.000. This, according to the CBS mainly due to developments in chain stores, hospitality and education. Also mention of an administrative effect as a result of new regulations
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Youth
Unemployment among young people came out in December at 11.2 percent. In the first months of 2015, youth unemployment increased still firmly down, from 11.8 to 10.8 percent. Thereby reaching the lowest rate in the past four years. After that, the youth unemployment rate increased increased again. In the last three months the number of unemployed fell again, however, with an average of 2000 per month.
In December 2014 was all in all still 7.2 per cent of the workforce is unemployed. Looking back on the whole in 2015 the unemployment rate fell relatively strongest among 25- to 45-year olds. The unemployment rate in this group was 6 percent in December. Among over-45s last year was the least visible improvement. In that category is still 6.4 percent unemployment at home
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