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09.01.2020About prospects for Polish villages with the participation of MFL&SP‘Prospects for inhabitants of rural areas’ – this is the title of the third cycle of conferences initiated by the President of Poland. During meetings with members of self-government bodies, individual ministries, including the family department, present programs that may have a real impact on rural areas and their inhabitants. Today, the first conference of the cycle took place in Kolno, Podlasie, in the presence of President Andrzej Duda.
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07.01.2020New deputy ministers in the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social PolicyIwona Michałek, Paweł Wdówik and Alina Nowak were appointed as Deputy Ministers of Family, Labour and Social Policy. The post of the Government Plenipotentiary for Disabled People was taken up by Paweł Wdówik, while the post of the Government Plenipotentiary for Social and Solidarity Economy was taken up by Iwona Michałek.
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02.01.2020Minimum wage upThe New Year brought good news to Polish employees. From January 1 2020 the minimum wage increased by as much as PLN 350, to reach PLN 2,600, and the minimum hourly rate increased to PLN 17.00. – Moreover, from this year the seniority allowance will not be included in the minimum wage – reminds Marlena Maląg, Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy.
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17.12.2019The key changes in 20202020 will bring important changes for workers and employers. In turn, institutions dealing with professional and social rehabilitation of disabled people will receive more support for their activities.
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10.12.2019A year on the labour marketThe passing year 2019 will be known as a time of record low unemployment and continuous wage growth. It was the employee’s year.
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05.12.2019Minister establishes Family CouncilMarlena Maląg, Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy, established on Thursday the Family Council, composed of professors, parliamentarians, experts and representatives of non-governmental organisations. The council will act as the minister's consultative and advisory body.
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03.12.2019Barbara Socha appointed as the Government Plenipotentiary for Demographic PolicyPrime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki appointed Barbara Socha as the Government Plenipotentiary for Demographic Policy. The plenipotentiary’s tasks will include preparing a demographic strategy that will increase fertility and promote the model of traditional family.
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15.11.2019Marlena Maląg was appointed the Minister for Family, Labour and Social PolicyPresident Andrzej Duda, at the request of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, appointed Marlena Maląg the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy. The former President of the State Fund for Rehabilitation of Disabled People replaced Bożena Borys-Szopa.
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10.10.201985 years of the Social Insurance InstitutionToday, a celebration of the 85th anniversary of the Social Insurance Institution was held in its headquarters. Deputy Minister Marcin Zieleniecki read a letter from Minister Bożena Borys-Szopa addressed to the participants of the meeting and received a distinction for the Ministry of Family.
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10.10.2019Fruitful 4 years The Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy provides a summary of its activitiesThe past four years have been a time of intensive work for the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy aiming to improve the quality of life and safety of families, senior citizens and persons with disabilities, as well as to improve the situation of employees in the labour market. - Due to the launched programmes and the changes in the legal system, we can now say that Polish families live with dignity, as they deserve - says the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy, Bożena Borys-Szopa.