The protection of employees who report employment-related violations of the law and with regard to the implementation of a directive of the European Parliament and the EU Council are the main objectives of the Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers, which has just been adopted by the Sejm.

The Law on Supporting Parents in Active Work and Childrearing (i.e. the Active Parent programme) was passed by the Senate on Thursday, May 23rd. The final step on the legislative path is the signature of the President of the Republic of Poland.

President Andrzej Duda has signed amendments to laws allowing for the introduction of programmes that will allow for the payment of PLN 1,000 gross allowances to employees in social assistance, foster care and institutions for the care of the youngest children as from 1 July this year.

Active Parent was adopted by the Sejm. - Money for the care of a young child will soon be coming to Polish families. Because work and family do not have to be mutually exclusive, and every toddler deserves to be cared for, emphasises the Minister for Family, Labour and Social Policy, Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk. The programme is due to come into force on 1 October this year.

The Council of Ministers has adopted a proposal to change the amounts of income criteria entitling to social assistance benefits from 1 January 2025, submitted by Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk, Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy.

As many as five drafts of the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy were the subject of parliamentary work on 8 and 9 May. Two of them are now just waiting for the President's signature.

At the end of April 2024, the registered unemployment rate was 5.1% and 798,500 people were unemployed, according to estimates from the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy. Counting since 1991, there has never been a lower number of unemployed people or a lower registered unemployment rate in April.

In March this year, the unemployment rate in Poland - calculated according to Eurostat methodology - was 2.9 %, placing us on the first place among the EU countries with the lowest level of unemployment. The same result was recorded by the Czech Republic, which had led this ranking in previous months.

1 May is a great celebration day for all Poles, for a modern and open Homeland. This year we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Poland's accession to the European Union.

The situation of women on the labour market, the priorities of Poland's EU presidency, but above all the discussion on the prospects for further cooperation - these were the most important topics raised during the meeting between Deputy Minister Sebastian Gajewski and Lisa Paus, Federal Minister for the Family, the Elderly, Women and Youth.