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06.06.2022Minister Marlena Maląg handed promises within the Strategic Investment ProgrammeThe Strategic Investment Programme is the answer to the post-pandemic situation. It is money which is supposed to help local governments to create good things, to carry out tasks for the benefit of inhabitants - said Minister of Family and Social Policy Marlena Maląg during her visit to Jarocin on Monday. In total, the Wielkopolska region will receive nearly PLN 2.8 billion in the second edition of the programme. The Minister of Family handed promises within the Strategic Investment Programme to the local governments of Jarocin, Pleszew and Kalisz.
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03.06.2022Citizens of Ukraine on the Polish labour marketOn 2 June this year, a meeting of the Labour Market Council was held, which was devoted to the activities of the Ministry of Family aimed at helping Ukrainian citizens. The meeting discussed legal changes in the labour market and counteracting difficulties related to employment.
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02.06.2022Anita Czerwińska is the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Family and the Government Plenipotentiary for Social EconomyPrime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki appointed Anita Czerwińska as the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Family and Social Policy and the Government Plenipotentiary for Social Economy.
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01.06.2022New benefit period of the Family 500+ programme has startedOn 1 June, a new benefit period under the „Family 500+” programme begins. More than 6 million children have already been granted the child-raising benefit.
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01.06.2022Eurostat: in April, the unemployment rate in Poland amounted to 3%.Eurostat informed that in April the unemployment rate in Poland amounted to 3%. „Once again, these data confirm that we are in the lead of the EU countries with the lowest level of unemployment. In Poland, it is more than half lower than the EU average” – points out the Minister of Family and Social Policy, Marlena Maląg.
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01.06.2022More and more citizens of Ukraine find a job in PolandEmployers have already employed 185 thousand citizens of Ukraine under the simplified procedure applicable since mid-March. Half of these persons found a job in the Mazowieckie, Dolnośląskie, Wielkopolskie or Łódzkie Voivodeships.
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27.05.2022Unemployment is even lower than in previous estimates! In April, it amounted to 5.2%The registered unemployment rate at the end of April 2022 was 5.2%. “According to the Statistics Poland data, the situation in the labour market is even better than it was predicted by our estimates. The decrease in unemployment is very satisfying, we also want to constantly improve the quality of work, hence the amendments to the Labour Code prepared by the Ministry” - says the Minister of Family and Social Policy, Marlena Maląg.
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27.05.2022The Sejm of the Republic of Poland passed the Act on the fourteenth pensionOn Thursday, the Sejm of the Republic of Poland passed the Act on the fourteenth pension. This year, about 9 million persons will receive an additional benefit, of which 7.7 million seniors will receive their payment in full, i.e. equal to the minimum pension. Payments of fourteenth pensions will start at the end of August.
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24.05.2022The Council of Ministers adopted a resolution on establishing the National Action Programme for Equal Treatment for the years 2022-2030The major objective of the equal treatment policy is to eliminate discrimination from social life in Poland. This means, inter alia, influencing the creation and application of law and influencing social behaviour so that the principle of equal treatment, which is defined, for example, in Article 32 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland, is not violated. The policy related to this area will be defined in the National Action Programme for Equal Treatment for the years 2022-2030.
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24.05.2022Remote work soon in the Labour Code. The Council of Ministers adopted the draft actThe possibility of performing remote work included permanently in the Labour Code – this is the main assumption of the draft act adopted by the Council of Ministers. - On the one hand, this is a response to changing trends in the labour market, and on the other hand – a chance to improve possibilities of employing, inter alia, parents of small children – says the Minister of Family and Social Policy, Marlena Maląg.