This is the homestretch. On Friday, the Senate passed without any corrections an amendment to the bill on state aid for raising children increasing the child-rearing benefit to PLN 800 starting next year. This means that the bill is now waiting for President Andrzej Duda’s signature.

President Andrzej Duda signed the act on the supporting benefit for people with disabilities. “Parents and caregivers of people with disabilities entitled to the nursing benefit will be able to work without any restrictions,” said Paweł Wdówik, the Deputy Minister of Family and government representative for persons with disabilities during a press briefing on Thursday.

President Andrzej Duda signed the act on the new supporting benefit for people with disabilities. Important changes have also been made to the conditions for granting the nursing benefit.

Warm conversations and lots of smiles - this is how Monday’s meeting at the Senior+ Day Care Center in Wola Karczewska, attended by President Andrzej Duda, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, and Minister of Family and Social Policy Marlena Maląg, can be briefly described. The main topic of the meeting was the law making the 14th pension permanent.

The strong interest in the Independence-Activity-Mobility program, which subsidizes, among other things, the purchase of cars for people with disabilities, has resulted in the lifting of the maximum limit on the funds allocated to the program. “The supervisory board of the State Fund for the Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities has decided to transform it into a program of unlimited duration,” reported Paweł Wdówik, the government representative for persons with disabilities.

Marlena Maląg, the Minister of Family and Social Policy, met with Regina De Dominicis, the newly appointed Director of the UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia. The topics they discussed included assistance to children evacuated from Ukraine, as well as cooperation between UNICEF and the Ministry of Family.

The availability of nurseries is essential for young parents, especially mothers who want to combine family and professional life. 'We have increased funding for the Toddler+ Programme to PLN 5.5 billion to create new care places for the youngest children. We are now launching a continuous call for applications for the programme. Applications can be submitted until the end of 2025,' Minister of Family and Social Policy Marlena Maląg emphasised.

The good news is coming from the labour market. At the end of June this year, the registered unemployment rate stood at 5 per cent. 'This is less than a month ago and less than in June last year when unemployment was 5.2 per cent. The best result of 2.9 per cent was recorded in Wielkopolska,' points out Minister of Family and Social Policy Marlena Maląg.

Minister Marlena Maląg handed over promises in Leszno to the implementers of projects selected in the call for proposals entitled 'Time for the Young – counselling points for young people.' The Ministry of Family and Social Policy allocated PLN 73.5 million from the Labour Fund for the implementation of this programme.

May was another good month in the labour market in Poland. Eurostat data shows that Poland remains one of the leaders of the European Union countries with the lowest unemployment for another month. We perform significantly better than the EU average.