Extending the validity of disability certificates and the certificates on the degree of disability for a maximum of six months – this is the main premise of the draft amendment to the Act on Vocational and Social Rehabilitation and Employment of People with Disabilities adopted by the Council of Ministers on Tuesday. These are the certificates that expire on 30 September 2024.

On the initiative of Minister Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk, the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy has prepared a draft law on the profession of psychologist. The aim of the regulation is to improve the quality of the services provided, ensure the safety of those receiving support and take care of the interests of male and female psychologists.

On 1 July this year, the call for applications for this year's edition of the “Good Start” programme will commence. That's PLN 300 for a school starter pack for every student up to the age of 20. The application can be easily submitted online – the sooner you do this, the sooner the money will go to your account.

On June 19th, the Council of Ministers adopted programmes developed by the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy to fund as of July the PLN 1,000 gross per month allowances for employees who help others, care for children, support the elderly and those in need every day with their hard work. The programme will cover approximately 200,000 male and female employees.

At the first meeting of the new Supervisory Board of the State Fund for the Rehabilitation of People with Disabilities, the government plenipotentiary for people with disabilities, Łukasz Krasoń, presented a programme addressed to people in oxygen or ventilator therapy.

The WE Patients Foundation granted the “Patient-Centred Leader” award to Minister Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk “for the implementation of measures to change maternity leave for parents of premature and sick newborns and her exemplary dialogue with social organisations”. The award was granted on 14 June during an official gala, the culmination of the 3rd Patient-Centred Conference held on Friday in Warsaw. The conference was attended by NGOs associating patients.

On 14 June, the Marshal of the Sejm, Szymon Hołownia, appointed attorney Marcin Stanecki as the Chief Labour Inspector. For the past three years, the attorney served as Director of the Labour Law Department at the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy.

At a press briefing today, the management of the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy presented details of the introduction of the “Active Parent” scheme. Applications for the new benefits may be submitted to the Social Insurance Institution ZUS from 1 October 2024. At present, 577,000 children are eligible for the scheme.

Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk, Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy, together with the Director General of the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy, Liwiusz Laska, represented Poland at the 112th Session of the International Labour Conference. It is the annual meeting of the most important body of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), which is a specialised agenda of the United Nations Organisation as well as the world's most important organisation dealing with labour law and social affairs, which adopted more than 190 international conventions.