One of key areas of activity of the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy is integration in its broad sense. In particular, it refers to disabled persons. Our goal is to ensure that the very diversified environment of disabled persons receives very different kinds of support: social, health or professional support.

President Andrzej Duda has signed an amendment to the act on employment promotion, according to which poviat labour offices will no longer have to establish a help profile for each unemployed.

Professional activity has many advantages: independence, self-fulfilment, teamwork. In the case of disabled persons, work can also be a form of social rehabilitation and bring an opportunity to acquire new skills useful in everyday life and to improve those already acquired. ‘Therefore, it is so important to support the employment of disabled persons. In the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy, the draft act in this matter is being intensively elaborated,’ says Minister Elżbieta Rafalska.

The Battle of Monte Cassino was a great lesson for Europe and the world; It was thanks to that lesson that the European Union was created, in which states are to cooperate closely with each other – said President Andrzej Duda during the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the battle of Monte Cassino. Elżbieta Rafalska, the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy also took part in the celebrations.

Money benefits are only one of many elements of the disabled person support system. However, in connection with them, we hear most often that they are too low and are insufficient for a decent living. ‘I agree that these amounts are not fully satisfactory. However, we must note their considerable increase, for example, in comparison to 2015,’ says Minister Elżbieta Rafalska.

On Thursday, the President of Poland Andrzej Duda signed the amendment of the act that entitles all children until 18 years of age to receive the 500+ benefit. ‘Children are our national good; it is the matter of the state to bring them up in social security,’ said the President. The ceremony in the Presidential Palace was also attended by the Deputy Prime Minister Beata Szydło, the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy Elżbieta Rafałska, the Marshal of the Senate Stanisław Karczewski and the Deputy Marshal of the Sejm Beata Mazurek.

From 1 July this year, following the changes within the Family 500+ program, all disabled children until 18 years of age will be entitled to this benefit. Until now, around 90% of children with disabilities have received them.

I have signed the announcement of the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy on the indicator of the indexation of pension insurance premiums for 2018. It is 109.2 and it is one of the highest rates in recent years – Minister Elżbieta Rafalska announced during the meeting with journalists held on Tuesday.

He is a person who can certainly be said to change Poland. Social programs are the brand of the good change policy. Thanks to them, millions of Poles, of whom the Third Polish Republic has deliberately forgotten, regained their dignity – said deputy editor-in-chief of the station, Ryszard Gromadzki about Minister Elżbieta Rafalska, laureate of the "Politics" prize, and about the social policy. The award ceremony took place during a ceremonial gala on the occasion of the 6th anniversary of TV Republika.

Co-financing for the creation or equipping of 99 new centres and co-financing for the functioning of 21 existing ones – this is the result of an additional recruitment of offers as part of this year's edition of the "Senior+" program. – As planned, by the end of the year in Poland, there will be a total of over 800 "Senior+" centres. For comparison, in 2015 there were less than 100 – says Minister Elżbieta Rafalska.