How can artificial intelligence be used to contribute to decent work and a just society in the European Union and beyond? This was one of the questions that participants at a conference organised by the European Economic and Social Committee and held in Brussels on Monday tried to answer. The Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy, Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk, participated in one of the panels.

On 1 February this year, the call for applications for child benefit under the Family 800+ programme for the new period has started. As every year, submitting a new application is necessary to continue receiving the money.

In December 2024, we again ranked second among the European Union countries with the lowest level of unemployment. According to Eurostat calculations, it amounted to 3 % – the same as the month before. Meanwhile, the EU average is 5.9 %.

On Tuesday, Minister Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk presented in Brussels the priorities of the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy for the Polish Presidency of the European Union Council. In her speech to the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, the Minister talked about the planned measures for the future of employment in a digital world, equality on the labour market and the silver transition.

The Statistics Poland confirmed the forecasts of the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy - unemployment in Poland at the end of December 2024 was 5.1 per cent. There were 786,200 people unemployed at the end of last year.

Challenges and development opportunities related to artificial intelligence was the theme of the 55th World Economic Forum in Davos, which was attended by Labour Minister Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk and the ministry's Director-General Liwiusz Laska. The head of the MFLSP spoke during a panel on technological change in the context of the labour market.

On Thursday, the first meeting of the Team for the Implementation of the Directive of the European Parliament and of the EU Council on equal pay for men and women, appointed by the labour Minister Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk, took place at the headquarters of the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy (MFLSP).

Honorary benefits for centenarians under new rules, a call for applications for widow's pensions, higher criteria in social assistance - these are just some of the changes that the beginning of 2025 has brought. Find out more!

The labour market situation at the end of 2024 was stable - and good. Estimates from the Ministry of Labour show that in December 2024, the registered unemployment rate was 5.1 per cent, the same as a year ago.

Christmas Eve will be a public holiday starting from next year - the relevant Act was passed by the Parliament and signed into law by the President on December 24. This solution is supported by the vast majority of Poles.