About 72% of Poles think that employers pay attention to the family-oriented policy in the workplace and try to create conditions for combining work and family life – as it results from the study by Kantar conducted upon request of the Ministry of Family and Social Policy. 

During the address opening the debate “Pro familia employer – what does it mean in practice?”, the Minister of Family and Social Policy, Marlena Maląg, stressed that support for families has been in the spotlight of the government from the very beginning.

– For the last 6 years, step by step, we have been implementing family-oriented programmes. Since the beginning of the “Family 500+” programme, Polish families have already received PLN 165 billion – stressed Minister Maląg. – When creating the family-oriented policy, we are building a broad coalition – it is the activities of the government, local government, non-governmental organisations, and now we are including employers in this support. Our objective is to build Poland based on a strong foundation of the family – she added.

Women in the labour market

Minister Marlena Maląg also spoke about the situation of women in the labour market.

– The situation of women in the labour market is also extremely important in the context of family-oriented activities. And this has improved over the last years. Today, the employment rate of women in Poland is around 64%. This is an increase by nearly 13% when compared to 2015 – indicated the head of the Ministry.

In turn, during the debate, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State Assets, Jacek Sasin, pointed out that an employee who feels safe would not have to choose between work and family.

- This is an employee who is more efficient, more engaged and does their best at the workplace – said Deputy Prime Minister Sasin.

“Pro familia employer – what does it mean in practice?”

The Monday debate was attended by:

Małgorzata Sadurska – Member of the Management Board of PZU S.A. and PZU Życie S.A.

Iwona Duda – Deputy President of PKO Bank Polski, leading the Management Board’s work

Marcin Chludziński – President of the Management Board KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. KGHM is us

Janusz Szewczak – Member of the Management Board for Financial Matters at PKN ORLEN S.A.