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2013-05-15 - Students have never before worked as much as in the year 2012

Never before have students worked as much as throughout 2012. The importance of student work has risen in 2012 by 16%, compared to 2011, in order to attain almost 9 million days, as it appears from the statistics of the National Social Security Office (NSSO). Moreover students are constantly to a lesser extent dependent upon a particular season: a growing number of students is working throughout the whole year.

2013-01-24 - Student work : once again a rise during the summer months

In the third quarter of 2012 the number of days of student work has gone up by 7%, compared to the year 2011. This appears from the latest figures of the National Social Security Office (NSSO). It means that the considerable increase which already occurred during the first six months of 2012 has not manifested itself at the expense of the more classical form of student work during the summer season.

2013-01-15 - Labour market: industry and construction continue to shrink

The slackening pace of the economic activity in the second half of 2012 is not without consequences for the employment rate.

2012-12-07 - Two eGov Awards for projects of the NSSO

The NSSO has received two eGov Awards of the federation for technology Agoria : the eBox for citizens has won in the category ‘Cooperation’ and GIAM in the category ‘Innovation’.

2012-11-30 - State Secretary John Crombez presents the electronic application Dolsis of the National Social Security Office (NSSO)

This morning John Crombez, State Secretary for the fight against tax and social fraud, has presented the application Dolsis. Dolsis, a joint initiative of the NSSO (National Security Office) and the CBSS (Crossroads Bank for Social Security) is a new electronic application which gives public institutions of all levels a secure and direct access to the data of the NSSO. According to John Crombez, this application constitutes a concrete example of the crossing of data bases.

2012-11-26 - eGov Awards 2012: three nominations for the NSSO (National Social Security Office)

This week the candidates for the eGov Awards 2012 have been announced. The NSSO has been nominated for three projects: the eBox for citizens, Dolsis and User Management.

2012-10-12 - Student work: +36% during the first six months of the year

In the first half of 2012 students have sizeably worked more than during the same period of last year. This can be inferred from the figures offered by the National Social Security Office (NSSO). A student earns on average 68.30 euros a day. The system of student work seems to be most popular in the age bracket between 18 and 21 years of age.

2012-10-12 - Towards a shrinking labour market

Rapid estimations of employment – Second quarter of 2012

The worsening economic situation has induced the fact that during the first half of 2012 the growth of the employment rate has come practically to a complete standstill. The number of jobs registered on June 30 2012 has even fallen by 0.4% compared to the situation on June 30 2011. The decrease can be noticed in the 3 important sections of the labour market, i.e. "Industry and Construction" (-0.6 % in jobs), "Commercial services" (-0.5%) and "Non commercial services" (+0.0 %).

2012-07-11 - The growth on the labour market comes to a standstill

Rapid estimations of employment – First quarter of 2012

At the start of 2012, the growth of the employment rate comes practically to a complete standstill. The growth loses ground both in terms of jobs (+0.1%) and of work volume expressed in fulltime equivalents (+0.4%). This deterioration of the situation on the labour market occurs in the 3 important sections of the labour market, i.e.

2012-07-10 - The brochure “Salaried employment” will be renewed

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