Quarter of Dutch worried about losing their job due to Covid

The coronavirus crisis has 26 percent of Netherlands residents worried about losing their jobs. Young people in particular are worried about looming unemployment, according to a poll among over a thousand working Dutch for HR service provider Visma Raet, RTL Nieuws reports. Young people relatively more often work on a temporary contract, making them easier to dismiss than someone on a permanent contract. Nearly a third of Netherlands residents under the age of 35 are worried about their job, compared to about 20 percent of people aged 55 and older.Submitted by Janene Pieters on Wednesday, 26 August 2020 - 17:40 https://nltimes.nl/2020/08/26/quarter-dutch-worried-losing-job-due-covid