Parental leave will be longer and the right to it will no longer depend on the use of maternity leave by the mother of a child. In addition, there will be changes in paternity leave and new care leave will be introduced. The Ministry of Family and Social Policy prepared an amendment to the provisions of the Labour Code and to some other acts so as to implement the so-called Parental Directive. The draft legislation has just been submitted for public consultation.

As from 1 March, old age and disability pensions are going up How much? Under the rules being in force today, benefits would increase by 5.7%. In order to secure the financial situation of Polish seniors, the Government increases the indexation rate, thanks to which benefits will increase by 7%. The lowest pension will be PLN 1,338.44 gross. This is an increase of PLN 87.56. In addition, in the second half of the year, the fourteenth pension will be paid again.

On 10 February 2022, the Minister of Family and Social Policy met with the Ambassador of Mongolia to Poland, Dorj Barkhas.

The amendment to the Act on social employment enters into force on 15 February. It includes, among others, increasing the integration benefit, making the time of participation in social integration centres more flexible and abandoning the condition of poverty when referring people to these centres.

Thanks to listening to the needs of people, we have significantly changed many areas of the functioning of the state for the better – said Minister Marlena Maląg, summarising in the Sejm the last 6 years of shaping the family policy.

On 8 February, the regulation of the Minister of Family and Social Policy on homes for mothers with minor children and pregnant women entered into force. Thanks to it, the maximum period of stay in the home for mothers and pregnant women has been extended, in reasonable cases, even up to 18 months.

– In 2021 – despite the pandemic – more than 450 thousand persons aged 60 and more participated in the „Active Plus” government programme, including more than 98 thousand persons with disabilities. During this period, we allocated PLN 40 million for it and within five years this amount will be PLN 200 million.

In January, the registered unemployment rate reached 5.6% – as it results from the preliminary data of the Ministry of Family and Social Policy. This is by 0.2% more than a month ago, but by 0.9% less than a year ago.

Centres for Social Services - a new aspect of social policy in Poland, which is to make it easier for communes to provide various types of social services adjusted to the needs of a local community.

A mother of four, five or more children without the right to receive even a minimum pension? Not in Poland! Since 2019, such women can expect a parental supplementary benefit under the „Mother 4+” programme. Last year, it was used by more than 66.5 thousand persons.