Over-50s increasingly find work

By: Together Abroad 11-06-2015 11:12 AM
Categories: ** HR daily news,
In the Netherlands, a growing number of people aged 50 and older found employment in the first four months of this year. Almost 26,000 were hired, which is around a quarter more than in the same period last year.

The Employee Insurance Agency (Uitvoeringsinstituut Werknemersverzekeringen, UWV) published these figures on Wednesday 10 June 2015 and expects this positive trend to continue next year. The benefits agency sees the best chances for over-50s to find work in retail and wholesale trade as well as business services. These are the sectors that are expected to create new job openings.

This year in late April, there were around 427,000 people who received unemployment benefits, 200,000 of which are over-50s. The UWV expects the overall number of unemployment benefit claimants to decline just below 400,000 by the end of next year.

By: C. Maiko Schnelle
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