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11.03.2024Dziemianowicz-Bąk: This is good news for millions of workers. The EPSCO Council has adopted an important DirectiveAt Monday's (11.03) meeting of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) in Brussels, the Directive on improving working conditions in platform work has been adopted. I am very pleased that this compromise has been reached. This is an important and necessary Directive. It is very good news for the millions of people working via digital labour platforms in the European Union, points out Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk, head of the Ministry of the Family, Labour and Social Policy.
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08.03.2024Registered unemployment in February 2024 – preliminary dataThe registered unemployment rate at the end of February 2024, estimated by the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy (MRPiPS), calculated on the basis of preliminary data on the number of unemployed, was 5.4% and is lower than the unemployment rate a year ago (i.e. at the end of February 2023) by 0.2%. The lower unemployment rate in February was last recorded in 1990.
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15.02.2024Social Dialogue Council under new chairmanship. The first meeting is behind usAmong the priority initiatives of the Ministry of Family, Labour, and Social Policy is the development of a law on public employment services, as highlighted by Minister Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk during the inaugural meeting of the Social Dialogue Council with the participation of the new ministry heads. The Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy was also represented by Deputy Minister Sebastian Gajewski and Director General Liwiusz Laska.
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15.02.2024Concerned for the welfare of babies born prematurely and hospitalised after birth. The working group has started its tasksOn 15 February, the team initiated work at the Ministry of Family, Labour, and Social Policy to formulate solutions regarding parental entitlements for parents of prematurely born babies and those hospitalized after birth. This action fulfils a commitment made by Minister Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk to the public.
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12.02.2024Registered unemployment in January 2024 – preliminary dataThe registered unemployment rate at the end of January 2024, according to preliminary data from the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy, stood at 5.4 percent. This is 0.1 percentage points lower than the unemployment rate recorded a year ago, at the end of January 2023. Thus, the beginning of this year appears to be more favourable in this regard compared to the beginning of last year.
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09.02.2024Pensions will be higher. There is a new indexation indicatorOn February 9th, the Central Statistical Office announced data regarding the real growth of the average salary in 2023. This statistic serves as one of the components used in the formula for calculating the indexation indicator for pensions. In 2024, the indicator will be 112.12 per cent.
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01.02.2024From 1 February, you can apply for "800+" for the new benefit period. Find out moreOn 1 February this year, the call for applications under the Family 800+ programme for the new benefit period started. Who is entitled to the child-support benefit? Where and how to make an application? We answer the frequently asked questions.
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01.02.2024Poland ranks second in the EU with the lowest unemployment rate, according to EurostatPoland's unemployment rate in December 2023 was 2.7 percent, lower than in November of the previous year, according to Eurostat. Our country is among the top EU countries with the lowest unemployment, surpassing only Malta with a rate of 2.4 percent.
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31.01.2024105th anniversary of the Public Employment ServiceThe Minister for Family, Labour and Social Policy, Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk, together with the ministry's leadership, took part in a conference on the occasion of the 105th anniversary of Public Employment Services in Poland, organised at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw.
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30.01.2024Minister Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk and Deputy Minister Sebastian Gajewski appointed to the Social Dialogue CouncilOn Tuesday, a ceremony was held at the Presidential Palace to appoint government representatives to the Social Dialogue Council. Among others, the Minister for Family, Labour and Social Policy Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk, who was appointed as Chair, and Deputy Minister Sebastian Gajewski received the appointment.