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.

The "Good start" benefit introduced last year by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki will soon be regulated by law, and not – as it has been so far – by resolution and regulation.

The Seym passed the government’s amendment on extending the “Family 500+” programme. In compliance with the amendment, the right to the 500 plus benefit will be vested in all children up to the age of 18 years, irrespectively of the family’s income.

In March this year, the registered unemployment rate amounted to 5.9 percent in comparison with 6.1 percent in February. As results from the newest data of Statistics Poland, in the last month 984.7 thousand persons were registered in employment offices.

Retired persons and pensioners can rest assured – the President, Andrzej Duda signed the act on single cash benefit for retired persons and pensioners. The benefit in the amount of the lowest retirement pension – as of March this year PLN 1,100 gross – will be paid as soon as in May 2019. – This is a good day for Polish seniors and another step in the state’s senior policy map – says the Minister, Elżbieta Rafalska.

Money collected on the Open Pension Fund can be transferred to the Individual Retirement Pension Accounts

As on today, the current state family policy is assessed at least well by 62 percent of Poles – as results from the study conducted by CBOS after three years of functioning of the “Family 500+” programme. Until 2013, at most 16 percent of people had such an opinion. – I admit that I am happy with this result. It shows how important a wise family policy is and confirms that we are going in the right direction - says Minister Elżbieta Rafalska.