Mr President and the First Lady hosted in their Presidential Palace couples who had been married for more than 60 years. The event was organised on the occasion of the Polish Senior Citizen Day, and it was also attended by Minister Elżbieta Rafalska and Deputy Minister Elżbieta Bojanowska.

The President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda signed the Act on Employee Capital Plans. The ceremony of signing the Act on Employee Capital Plans was held at the Warsaw Stock Exchange and was participated in by the Minister, Elżbieta Rafalska.

Traditional, paper sick leaves will no longer be used. As of 1 December they will be replaced with e-leaves. On Wednesday, 7 November representatives of the management of the Ministry of Family and the Ministry of Health start a series of meetings in all voivodeships, during which doctors and employers will be familiarised with the principles of introducing e-leaves. Meetings will last until the end of November.

“In 2019 we propose a new mechanism of pensions and retirement pensions indexation, an increase in minimum retirement pensions and pensions to PLN 1,100, and the smallest indexation at a level of PLN 70” – informed Elżbieta Rafalska, the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy.

The Council of Ministers adopted a bill on changing some acts in order to improve the effectiveness of enforcement of the maintenance benefits, submitted by the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy.

The Ministry of Family held the National Debate on Family again. The event was participated by, among others, Beata Szydło, the Minister of Family, Elżbieta Rafalska and the Minister of Health, Łukasz Szumowski.

Poland took a high 30thplace in the first Human Capital Index of the World Bank. What is more, the report prepared by international experts of Oxfam demonstrates that our country is the world leader in terms of expenditures for fighting against social disparities. That is not all. As results from the most recent Eurostat data, poverty among Polish children is even lower than in Germany or Sweden.

The Poles are better off – this fact is confirmed both by the statistics (inter alia: Central Statistical Office of Poland (GUS), Eurostat) and international rankings. In 2016, nearly 6.5 million persons were still at risk of relative poverty in Poland. Their number decreased by 872 thousand a year after. The situation of children has improved significantly. The number of those benefiting from social aid has decreased as well. 

Poland records the greatest decrease in the risk of poverty or social exclusion in the European Union.

In the past, any matter had to be dealt with personally, while any application – including a set of certificates which take much time to prepare – had to be submitted in paper. Nowadays, everything can be completed faster and more efficiently with the use of the Internet. For 3 years now, the Ministry of Family has been the leader in the introduction of modern IT solutions to make life easier for Polish families.