The monthly upbringing allowance “Family 500+” gives confidence that the expenses associated with maintaining a household are under control. In addition, additional money allows you to spend time with your family in an attractive way - say the parents.

Senior programmes implemented by the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy respond to the challenges posed by demographic processes in Poland. They aim not only to improve the living conditions, but also to utilise the potential and experience of older people. For our common benefit.

Investing in families, changing the views with regards to shaping the government policy towards families, pro-family government programmes and demographic challenges - all of these issues have been discussed on Thursday during the demographic summit in Budapest by the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy, Bożena Borys-Szopa.

We now know the results of the competition launched under the framework of the programme for supporting the employment of family assistants and foster care coordinators. The Ministry will dedicate nearly PLN 75 million for that purpose.

The “Three Plus” Association of Large Families has won the competition for acquiring partners for the Large Family Card. - Today we have signed an agreement for our cooperation in this area. Considering our experience from the previous years, the Association of Large Families is doing a great job. Today, discounts are offered by over 5.8 thousand companies and institutions in 23.5 thousand locations - says the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy, Bożena Borys-Szopa.

In the first half of the current year, 88.5 thousand men took a paternity leave. That is an increase of 2.9 thousand in relation to the first six months of 2018.

Despite the fact that occupational health and safety in Poland has improved in recent years, still almost 300 people die in result of workplace accidents. It is therefore necessary to continue the programme aimed at increasing occupational health and safety. The Council of Ministers adopted a resolution in that regard on Tuesday.

Higher salaries for young employees undergoing vocational training, as well as providing employers with the opportunity to apply for reimbursement of the costs of the increase - these are the key assumptions of the Ordinance adopted on Tuesday by the Council of Ministers.

Friend, therapist, employee, guardian angel - this is how the care recipients describe a family assistant. Family assistants constitute a key component, therefore once again, the Ministry has announced the “Family assistants and foster care coordinator programme for 2019”.

The increase in state budget expenditures from 1.78% of GDP in 2015 to approx. 4% in 2020 after the introduction of 500+ without income criterion, 1.32 billion for Polish families from the “Good Start” Programme, over 780 thousand families holding Large Family Cards - statistics, numbers and graphs are crucial for summarizing the measures implemented for the benefit of families.