Aktywny Maluch (Active Toddler) is a new version of the programme previously known as Maluch+ (Toddler+). But the name change is just the beginning. Above all, its budget has been increased - from PLN 5.5 billion to PLN 6.5 billion, thanks to which even more crèches can be set up across the country. Just now, the 4th call for proposals has been launched. It will run until the end of June this year.

'A few days before Labour Day, we are honouring those who, during their public activities, put the defence of the dignity of working people first,' said the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy, Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk, during a ceremony to name rooms in the Ministry after Professor Karol Modzelewski and Halina Krahelska. Together with relatives of the commemorated ministers, she officially unveiled the plaques dedicated to them.

'These are allowances (additional payments) that will allow people to live with dignity and make them feel that their difficult work is respected in Poland', says Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk, Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy.

Statistics Poland confirmed the Ministry of the Family, Labour and Social Policy's estimates - the registered unemployment rate in Poland in March this year was 5.3 %. Lower unemployment in March was recorded for the last time in 1990.

On 22 April this year, the formal opening of negotiations for a draft agreement between Poland and Albania on social security took place. The meeting was opened by Sebastian Gajewski, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy, and Mimoza Halimi, Ambassador of Albania to Warsaw.

The Government Plenipotentiary for Disabled People, Deputy Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy Łukasz Krasoń, together with the Ministry of Finance, proposes a solution to meet the needs of the employee and employer community to support the professional activation of persons with disabilities. This is a mutual success of the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy and the Ministry of Finance.

Last Tuesday (9.04.), the Council of Ministers adopted a draft bill on supporting parents in their professional activity and in the upbringing of a young child, i.e. Active Parent. This is an expanded version of the ‘babciowe’ (grandma’s benefit), prepared by the Ministry of Family Affairs, Labour and Social Policy headed by Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk.

The MFLSP estimate of the unemployment rate recorded at the end of March 2024 was 5.3%, i.e. 0.1 pp lower than in the previous month. Compared to the end of March 2023, the indicator was 0.1 pp lower.

The head of the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy, Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk, announced changes for the profession of nursery carers. The aim is to raise the profile of the profession, to encourage carers to stay in the profession and to appreciate this highly responsible role of caring for children under three.

The Council of Ministers adopted a draft law on the protection of whistleblowers at its meeting on Tuesday (2.04). The document submitted by Minister Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk envisages protection for whistleblowers in a work-related context. The law aims to implement the EU directive, which the previous government has delayed for more than two years, exposing the state to financial penalties.