In May, unemployment in the European Union amounted to 8.6 per cent – the Eurostat reports. It has been the lowest level since March 2009. Poland is in the top 10 countries with the lowest unemployment.

“The ‘Family 500 plus’ programme allows many families to really live on plus,” said Prime Minister Beata Szydło at the conference summing up three months of the programme.

On 30 June, Minister Elżbieta Rafalska met with the World Bank team to discuss cooperation opportunities. The Bank delegation was lead by Arup Banerji, Country Director for Operational Engagement in the EU Member States. Secretary of State Stanisław Szwed also took part in the talks.

The Board meeting of the European network of Public Employment Services is taking place in Amsterdam between 27 and 28 June 2016. It is attended by Secretary of State, Stanisław Szwed.

On 22 June this year, President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, signed the amendment to the Labour Code prepared in the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy, which eliminates the first day employment syndrome. 

The amendment to the Act on child benefits and to the Act on determination and payment of carer's allowance adopted by the Senate today assumes greater support for carers who care for more than one disabled person in the family. 

Minister Elżbieta Rafalska received the “Pistacja” Award for outstanding involvement for the family.

On 13 December, Undersecretary of State, Bartosz Marczuk, met with representatives of the Social Policy Committee of the Parliamentary Chamber of the Parliament of the Czech Republic.

The Polish and French models of family policies are the main subject of the meeting of Minister Elżbieta Rafalska and Deputy Minister Renata Szczęch with Laurence Rossignol, Minister of Families, Children and Women's Rights of the French Republic.

Discounts on sports accessories, electricity charges, telecommunication services, purchase of food and easier access to recreation – there are some of the new facilities for families with many children offered by the Large Family Card partners.