According to the European Statistical Office, the unemployment rate in Poland in November last year was 2.8 per cent. We stay in the lead, taking third place in this respect, after the Czech Republic and Malta.

The Family 800+ programme has been launched. The benefit has been given to almost 7 million children. However, there are signals about the use of the payment of this benefit for fraudulent practices.

On 1 January 2024, a new form of support for adults with disabilities, the Support Allowance, came into force. Importantly, its award will not depend on an income criterion but on a defined level of support need.

The newly appointed Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy, Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk, met with journalists at the Ministry's head office to talk about the direction of activities in the near future. - The restoration of the Ministry of Labour name is a symbolic but very important signal I would like to send today to the millions of working Poles: your work is appreciated and will be appreciated, the Minister said.

At the request of Prime Minister Donald Tusk President Andrzej Duda appointed Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk as the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy. She replaced Dorota Bojemska in this position.

On 27 November 2023, at the request of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, President Andrzej Duda appointed Dorota Bojemska as Minister of Family and Social Policy. The former Chair of the Family Council replaced Marlena Maląg in this position.

5% was the registered unemployment rate at the end of October, according to estimates of the Ministry of Family and Social Policy. The same result was recorded in the previous month, while the number of unemployed people fell by 3.8 thousand at that time, reports Minister Marlena Maląg.

Stable situation on the labour market in Poland. Eurostat data published on Friday shows that in September, the unemployment rate in Poland was 2.8%. With this result, we were on the podium of the countries with the lowest level of unemployment in the Community.

On 1 November this year, an amendment to the Social Assistance Act comes into force, which introduces, among other things, neighbourhood services as a new form of care services. Municipalities that decide to implement this form of support will be able to obtain funding under the Senior Citizens’ Support Corps.

On 27 October 2023, i.e., almost a year after the entry into force of the Act of 5 August 2022 on social economy (effective from 30 October 2022), the second meeting of the State Committee for the Social Economy Development of the 4th term (for 2023-2026) was held. The meeting summarised the achievements to date in developing the social economy.