Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
stempelen
English translation:
to claim unemployment benefit
Dutch term
stempelen
In a Belgian document about VDAB vocational training contracts. This is in a list of criteria for enrolling on a course. I'm aware that 'stempelen' is related to unemployment benefits but I'm not sure actually what this means here.
| 4 +3 | claiming unemployment benefit |
Textpertise
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| 4 | clocking in |
Katja van Hellemond
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solejnicz
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Highest WWA rating in Europe for NL-EN
Native in: English 
Works in: Dutch to English, Hebrew to English
claiming unemployment benefit
Certain educational opportunities are made available for people who are unemployed and who are job-seekers. Signing on for unemployment benefits is called "stempelen". To be eligible for the VDAB vocational training courses (usually in nursing), you only need to have been "gestempeld" for one day. In other words, if you become unemployed, there is virtually no waiting period before you are eligible to apply to take one of these VDAB courses.
Portugal
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Native in: Dutch
Works in: English to Dutch, Dutch to English, Portuguese to Dutch, and 1 more.
clocking in
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Kitty Brussaard
: It seems that the compulsory system of 'clocking in' by unemployed people was abolished by the Belgian government in 2004. Cf. http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2004/02/feature/be040230...
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Reference comments
cotnext of 'stempelen'
Translated: "This made unemployement a trap because it seemed advantageous to keep on claiming unemployment benefits".
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