The most important role of the state is to support parents - said Minister Marlena Maląg at the 3rd National Conference "Upbringing Lasts Forever". The Minister emphasised the role of the family in the process of upbringing.

5.1 per cent was the registered unemployment rate in May this year, according to estimates by the Ministry of Family and Social Policy. - This is an excellent result; after 1990, only in October 2019 was the registered unemployment rate lower and amounted to 5 per cent - indicates Minister Marlena Maląg.

The Strategic Investment Programme is the answer to the post-pandemic situation. It is money which is supposed to help local governments to create good things, to carry out tasks for the benefit of inhabitants - said Minister of Family and Social Policy Marlena Maląg during her visit to Jarocin on Monday. In total, the Wielkopolska region will receive nearly PLN 2.8 billion in the second edition of the programme. The Minister of Family handed promises within the Strategic Investment Programme to the local governments of Jarocin, Pleszew and Kalisz.

On 2 June this year, a meeting of the Labour Market Council was held, which was devoted to the activities of the Ministry of Family aimed at helping Ukrainian citizens. The meeting discussed legal changes in the labour market and counteracting difficulties related to employment.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki appointed Anita Czerwińska as the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Family and Social Policy and the Government Plenipotentiary for Social Economy.

On 1 June, a new benefit period under the „Family 500+” programme begins. More than 6 million children have already been granted the child-raising benefit.

Eurostat informed that in April the unemployment rate in Poland amounted to 3%. „Once again, these data confirm that we are in the lead of the EU countries with the lowest level of unemployment. In Poland, it is more than half lower than the EU average” – points out the Minister of Family and Social Policy, Marlena Maląg.

Employers have already employed 185 thousand citizens of Ukraine under the simplified procedure applicable since mid-March. Half of these persons found a job in the Mazowieckie, Dolnośląskie, Wielkopolskie or Łódzkie Voivodeships.

The registered unemployment rate at the end of April 2022 was 5.2%. “According to the Statistics Poland data, the situation in the labour market is even better than it was predicted by our estimates. The decrease in unemployment is very satisfying, we also want to constantly improve the quality of work, hence the amendments to the Labour Code prepared by the Ministry” - says the Minister of Family and Social Policy, Marlena Maląg.

On Thursday, the Sejm of the Republic of Poland passed the Act on the fourteenth pension. This year, about 9 million persons will receive an additional benefit, of which 7.7 million seniors will receive their payment in full, i.e. equal to the minimum pension. Payments of fourteenth pensions will start at the end of August.