At Grzegorz Palka Award ceremony on October 22nd Minister Rafalska was acknowledged for her outstanding contributions for local government. The Award is granted by Liga Krajowa.

Family is the best investment. Read our report about 2 years of the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy. 

The “Family 500 plus” programme, improved quality of life of Polish families, increase in fertility rate, reduction of poverty, development of care for children under the age of 3, record low unemployment, restoration of the retirement age, raising the amount of pensions, and actions for seniors – these are only some of the achievements of the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy in the past two years.

Poland is in the top 5 countries with the lowest unemployment. In Septembethis year, the unemployment rate in EU-28 was 7,5%, i.e. stable compared to August 2017.This means that the unemployment rate recorded in September has been the lowest since November 2008.

On October 30, 2017 at the Presidential Palace, the Social Dialogue Council held its plenary meeting. Elżbieta Rafalska - Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy of the Republic of Poland took over the chair of the Council. 

On October 23rd, Minister Elżbieta Rafalska and Deputy Minister Stanisław Szwed participated  in the meeting of Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO Council) in Luxembourg.

Meeting with Polish families, debate with the members of Spanish government on the fight against poverty and family support as well as a lecture on family policy – there are some points of the visit of Minister Elżbieta Rafalska in Madrit.

By the end of July 2017, more than 3.99 million children under the age of 18 had received support from the government's "Family 500+" programme, and over 2.6 million families had been provided with benefits totalling over PLN 31.2 billion

By the end of July 2017, more than 3.99 million children under the age of 18 had received support from the government's "500+ Family" programme, and over 2.6 million families had been provided with benefits totalling over PLN 31.2 billion. 

The Council of Ministers adopted a draft Act amending the Act on the promotion of employment and labour market institutions and some other acts, submitted by the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy.