On 29 November, the Minister, Elżbieta Rafalska met with Ana Maria Ramirez, the Ambassador of the Republic of Argentina.

The senior citizen programmes implemented by the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy respond to the challenges posed by the demographic process in Poland. The goal is not only to improve the living conditions of the ageing society, but also to make use of the potential and life experience of the elderly, for the benefit of all.

The call for proposals to the next year’s edition of the “Toddler+” programme started. PLN 450 million is to be allocated to establishing new and financing already existing places of providing care for the youngest children in 2019. What will change?

The unemployment rate remaining at a record low level resulted in a new situation of employment offices. They receive more and more requests from employers, who have difficulty finding candidates. On the other hand, almost 950 thousand persons are still entered in unemployment registers, some for many years. Manners of returning them to the labour market were discussed by employment offices and employers at a meeting organised by the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy.

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.