Netherlands share of companies receiving NOW 2021

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

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Release date

October 2021

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

March 2020 to September 2021

Special properties

Companies with two or more workers

Supplementary notes

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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