Hiring older people and continuing to invest in training has been Numac’s strength for two decades. In addition to success, it also earned them the 2007 Senior Power Award. The issue Problem: The Netherlands is ageing and so is the workforce Solution: A well-considered sustainable personnel policy. Consider the timely use of reintegration and career paths. […]
Despite all efforts to break the glass ceiling, women still struggle to reach top positions. Recent research by Egon Zehnder and the European Women’s Professional Network showed that only 7 percent of management positions in the Netherlands are held by women, compared to 22 percent in Norway and Sweden. The police are also struggling to […]
AMSTERDAM – It always seems like a relatively cheap way for employers to get rid of staff: terminating the employment contract via the UWV WERKbedrijf instead of dissolving the employment contract via the subdistrict court. In the case of the latter, the award of severance pay must be taken into account […]
Unemployment fell for the seventh month in a row in September 2010. However, the decline is slower than the average in previous months. This is evident from figures published today by Statistics Netherlands (CBS). In September, adjusted for seasonal influences, 412,000 people were at home without work, slightly more than 5 […]
Older employees in particular have a greater chance of a so-called bore-out (becoming sick from boredom) if employers do not notice the signs of this condition in time. Swiss research previously showed that 15 percent of office workers are bored and pretend to be busy. Such behavior can lead to […]
THE HAGUE – Mental health problems are most common among women, the elderly and the less educated. Older women suffer from such problems most often. This is evident from published figures from Statistics Netherlands (CBS). Between 2001 and 2009, an average of 14 percent of Dutch adults suffered from mental health problems. Married people are less likely to […]
UWV WERKbedrijf fears an imbalance in the labor market for technical personnel. Due to the recovering economy and aging, a major shortage is looming. Currently, more than twenty percent of the working population has a technical profession. In the chemical and metal industry, the share of older employees is considerably higher than in other sectors. There are also […]
This remarkable conclusion is drawn by American researchers. The difference between higher and lower educated people is particularly large among women. According to the researchers, this is explained by the fact that people who are higher educated often have more control over their work and experience less stress. At the moment that higher educated people in a […]
Outplacement costs for highly educated candidates often higher than for lower educated candidates Also large difference in income In 2009, the average income of people with a job was just over 36,000 euros. The average income of highly educated employees was almost twice as high as that of lower educated employees. Is a correction applied […]
Employer is punished for insufficient reintegration efforts for safety net workers. Reintegration agencies are not sufficiently involved. The government is introducing a new bill: Amendment to the law on the settlement of income with sickness benefits. This law eliminates the difference between so-called safety net workers and regular employees: An employee must make an effort to find suitable reintegration for all disabled employees. By far the […]