Government to help unemployed parents

Ministry of Labour and Social Policy plans to support parents who do not have health insurance. Help would be provided to unemployed mothers, students and those who work without an employment contract, Puls Biznesu informed. As stated in the ministry’s new plan, unemployed parents would be given monthly grant of PLN 1,000 for a year after their child’s birth, and for 71 weeks in case of multiple pregnancy. Those who are insured would be supported as well. The ministry wants the value of the new social benefits to reach the level of minimum maternity benefit that people with employment contracts enjoy. The reform would be implemented in 2016, but parents of children born in 2015 would also benefit from it. According to estimates, the costs would amount to PLN 1.2 billion.