The inaugural meeting of the 2nd term Committee on Senior Policy was held on Thursday at the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy with the participation of the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy Marlena Maląg, and the Secretary of State in Stanisław Szwed’s Ministry. The meeting saw the appointment of the new members of the Committee.

The data published on Tuesday by the Central Statistical Office shows that the range of extreme poverty in Poland has decreased to 4.2 percent from 5.4 percent in 2018 - that is the best result since 2006, and a decline by over one fifth. The data shows that our social policy is effective and has a real effect on the quality of life of Polish citizens - says the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy Marlena Maląg. What is more important, the decline was noted in all social groups.

From 24th June, non-governmental organisations and entities mentioned in Art. 3 par. 3 of the Act on Public Benefit Activity and Voluntary Work may take forgivable loans financed from the Labour Fund.

Assisting persons who cannot cope with daily activities on their own in their visits to an office, a doctor, the theatre, the cinema or friends is very important and necessary. The ‘Disabled Person’s Personal Assistant’ programme addresses these needs. It is available to non-governmental organisations. The programme budget is PLN 80 million.

On Wednesday, the inauguration meeting of the Council for Social Assistance of the 9th term was held. One of the participants was the Deputy Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy Iwona Michałek. In addition, a letter from Minister Marlena Maląg addressed to members of the new Council was read.

‘Our efforts have recently focused on protecting Poles’ health and life and on rescuing Polish economy. After 100 days of fighting the epidemic, we can say that solutions supporting entrepreneurs are effective. 100 billion zlotys have already been set aside for the protection of around 5 million jobs,’ says the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy Marlena Maląg.

Dear Fathers,

Today is Father’s Day. It is a great opportunity to thank all fathers for their educational effort and to remind them about the rights of men bringing up children.

On 1st July, the receipt of applications for the Good Start programme starts. The programme provides one-off support of PLN 300 to all schoolchildren starting the school year. Altogether, it will cover 4.5 million schoolchildren. Below you will find answers to primary questions about the programme.

The Sejm passed an amendment of the act assuming that persons born in 1953 who had been negatively affected by the introduction of new pension calculation rules in 2013 would have an opportunity to recalculate their pensions and recover decreased benefits. These changes will be favourable for around 74,000 persons. In a majority of cases, the average monthly pension will rise by PLN 202. Now the bill will proceed to the Senate.