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06.05.2024Eurostat: Poland with the lowest unemployment rate in the EUIn March this year, the unemployment rate in Poland - calculated according to Eurostat methodology - was 2.9 %, placing us on the first place among the EU countries with the lowest level of unemployment. The same result was recorded by the Czech Republic, which had led this ranking in previous months.
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01.05.2024Good to be together! 20 years of Poland in the European Union.1 May is a great celebration day for all Poles, for a modern and open Homeland. This year we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Poland's accession to the European Union.
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30.04.2024Meeting with Lisa Paus, Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth in GermanyThe situation of women on the labour market, the priorities of Poland's EU presidency, but above all the discussion on the prospects for further cooperation - these were the most important topics raised during the meeting between Deputy Minister Sebastian Gajewski and Lisa Paus, Federal Minister for the Family, the Elderly, Women and Youth.
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26.04.2024Active Toddler. New Programme and 4th Call for ProposalsAktywny Maluch (Active Toddler) is a new version of the programme previously known as Maluch+ (Toddler+). But the name change is just the beginning. Above all, its budget has been increased - from PLN 5.5 billion to PLN 6.5 billion, thanks to which even more crèches can be set up across the country. Just now, the 4th call for proposals has been launched. It will run until the end of June this year.
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26.04.2024Prof. Karol Modzelewski and Halina Krahelska honoured at the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy'A few days before Labour Day, we are honouring those who, during their public activities, put the defence of the dignity of working people first,' said the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy, Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk, during a ceremony to name rooms in the Ministry after Professor Karol Modzelewski and Halina Krahelska. Together with relatives of the commemorated ministers, she officially unveiled the plaques dedicated to them.
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26.04.2024The Sejm has adopted laws on allowances for social welfare workers, foster care workers, crèche carers and foster families'These are allowances (additional payments) that will allow people to live with dignity and make them feel that their difficult work is respected in Poland', says Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk, Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy.
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25.04.2024Historically low unemployment in March 2024Statistics Poland confirmed the Ministry of the Family, Labour and Social Policy's estimates - the registered unemployment rate in Poland in March this year was 5.3 %. Lower unemployment in March was recorded for the last time in 1990.
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22.04.2024We have started negotiations with Albania on a social security agreementOn 22 April this year, the formal opening of negotiations for a draft agreement between Poland and Albania on social security took place. The meeting was opened by Sebastian Gajewski, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy, and Mimoza Halimi, Ambassador of Albania to Warsaw.
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22.04.2024Additional PLN 770 million to subsidise salaries of people with disabilitiesThe Government Plenipotentiary for Disabled People, Deputy Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy Łukasz Krasoń, together with the Ministry of Finance, proposes a solution to meet the needs of the employee and employer community to support the professional activation of persons with disabilities. This is a mutual success of the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy and the Ministry of Finance.
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09.04.2024Active Parent adopted by the Council of Ministers. Dziemianowicz-Bąk: We make it easier for parents to combine childcare and work.Last Tuesday (9.04.), the Council of Ministers adopted a draft bill on supporting parents in their professional activity and in the upbringing of a young child, i.e. Active Parent. This is an expanded version of the ‘babciowe’ (grandma’s benefit), prepared by the Ministry of Family Affairs, Labour and Social Policy headed by Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk.