In March of 2020, the Dutch government introduced a wage cost scheme to help employers pay for the wages of their employees during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which they called the NOW (Tijdelijke Noodmaatregel Overbrugging Werkgelegenheid). For the first installment of this, the NOW 1.0, 26 percent of Dutch companies applied for and received this financial compensation. This was less so for the NOW 2.0 as only 11 percent of companies received it. The NOW 3.1 and 3.2 were more used, with 14.7 percent and 14.1 percent respectively. The NOW 3.3 and NOW 4.0 were used least at 8.2 percent and 2.3 percent.
Percentage of companies receiving NOW for each period in the Netherlands from 2020 to 2021
The NOW (Tijdelijke Noodmaatregel Overbrugging Werkgelegenheid) was implemented to help employers bridge over the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic by offering aid to combat expected financial losses, ensuring that companies could keep their staff employed.
NOW 1.0 lasted from March to May, 2020
NOW 2.0 lasted from June to September, 2020
NOW 3.1 lasted from October to December, 2020
NOW 3.2 lasted from January to March, 2021
NOW 3.3 lasted from April to June, 2021
NOW 4.0 lasted from July to September, 2021
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Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (October 13, 2021). Percentage of companies receiving NOW for each period in the Netherlands from 2020 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1280645/netherlands-share-of-companies-receiving-now/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Percentage of companies receiving NOW for each period in the Netherlands from 2020 to 2021." Chart. October 13, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1280645/netherlands-share-of-companies-receiving-now/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (2021). Percentage of companies receiving NOW for each period in the Netherlands from 2020 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1280645/netherlands-share-of-companies-receiving-now/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Percentage of Companies Receiving Now for Each Period in The Netherlands from 2020 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Oct 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1280645/netherlands-share-of-companies-receiving-now/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Percentage of companies receiving NOW for each period in the Netherlands from 2020 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1280645/netherlands-share-of-companies-receiving-now/ (last visited December 25, 2024)
Percentage of companies receiving NOW for each period in the Netherlands from 2020 to 2021 [Graph], Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, October 13, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1280645/netherlands-share-of-companies-receiving-now/