UWV Reports Nearly 8% Increase in Unemployment Benefits in December 2023

UWV Reports Nearly 8% Increase in Unemployment Benefits in December 2023

ANP NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 08:44 The number of people receiving unemployment benefits has grown. In December 2023, almost 8 percent more people received unemployment benefits compared to the previous year. The UWV reports this to the NOS. In December 2023, this involved 161,000 Dutch people. According to Rob Witjes, head of Labor Market Information at the … Read more

The UWV to Review 460 Closed Fraud Cases Due to Controversial Algorithm: NOS News

The UWV to Review 460 Closed Fraud Cases Due to Controversial Algorithm: NOS News

ANP NOS News•today, 06:32•Changed today, 06:51 Joost Schellevis editor Tech Joost Schellevis editor Tech The UWV will re-investigate 460 closed fraud cases, because they were at least partly due to a controversial fraud algorithm. The data of all visitors to UWV sites was illegally collected for the algorithm, according to previous research by NOS. This … Read more

Addressing the Labor Shortage: UWV Analyzes 166 Professions with High Demand

The tightness in the labor market is unprecedented. Our country currently has 166 professions with a labor shortage, according to an analysis by the UWV benefits agency. For 70 percent of the professions where there is a shortage of people, there is still staff available in another European country. The UWV therefore advises companies to … Read more

Annual Labor Market Forecast: Slow Job Growth and Mismatched Hiring Needs in the Netherlands

ANPConstruction work on the viaduct of the A9 over the A4 near Badhoevedorp. NOS News•today, 15:56 Job growth in the Netherlands is almost at a standstill. Although the number of positions will increase by 1.4 percent this year, the figure is expected to fall to 0.5 percent in 2024. There will therefore be sectors where … Read more