Marlena Maląg, Minister of Family and Social Policy, participated in the meeting of the Social Dialogue Council attended by President Andrzej Duda. During the meeting, the participants discussed, among others, the shape of the Act on the Social Dialogue Council and other social dialogue institutions.

The call for proposals under the 2023 Senior+ programme is already open. Local governments can apply for funding for the establishment or operation of Day Homes and Clubs for seniors. The aim of the programme is to increase the active participation of elderly people in social life. The budget of the programme in this edition is PLN 60 million.

In October, 796 thousand unemployed people were registered in labour offices, i.e. 5.7 thousand fewer than in September. This is a result that we have not seen in more than three decades. “This data confirms the effectiveness of our actions” – stressed Marlena Maląg, Minister of Family and Social Policy.

People deprived of shelter in the autumn and winter are exposed to the loss of health or life due to hypothermia. For those who live in public spaces and non-residential places, a significant drop in temperature and snowfall are a deadly threat.

Young people from all over the country gathered in Warsaw at a conference dedicated to the situation on the labour market in Poland. Marlena Maląg, Minister of Family and Social Policy, took part in the discussion.

Anna Schmidt, Deputy Minister of Family and Social Policy and Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Treatment, met ambassadors of, among others, the United Kingdom, Slovakia and Cuba. The meeting was held in the Residency of the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

The government has adopted a draft amendment to the Act on Counteracting Domestic Violence. What does this mean in practice? First of all, extending the definition of domestic violence to include economic and digital violence, but not only. – These are a number of changes to better protect the family – says Anna Schmidt, Deputy Minister of Family and Social Policy and Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Treatment.

Marlena Maląg, Minister of Family and Social Policy, and Stanisław Szwed, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Family and Social Policy, took part in the award ceremony on the occasion of the Social Worker’s Day, which took place at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister. This year, the winners received: 10 individual awards and 8 team awards for outstanding, innovative solutions in the field of social assistance.

It is our duty to develop a friendly pro-family policy and this is what our government does – said Marlena Maląg, Minister of Family and Social Policy, during the discussion at Congress 590. The Ministry of Family and Social Policy is the institutional partner of the 7th edition of the Congress. The autumn edition of Congress 590 took place on 17-18 November in Rzeszów, within the walls of the local university. The second day of the event was opened by a debate with the participation of Marlena Maląg, Minister of Family and Social Policy. The discussion was devoted to the family policy in the era of inflation, and the participants of the debate responded to the question whether it is worth investing in the family?

According to the preliminary data of the Ministry of Family and Social Policy, the October registered unemployment rate was 5.1 percent. Compared to the previous month, the number of job seekers fell by 4.2 thousand and amounted to 797.5 thousand.