More money to be given to Polish mothers

According to the Minister of Labour and Social Policy Elżbieta Rafalska, mothers in Poland will be eligible to receive social insurance payments of PLN 1,406 per month in 2017. She was speaking at a conference on work, family and social policy, held over the weekend in Łódź. Rafalska also announced that a one-off payment of PLN 4,000 will be given to mothers whose children are born with a disability. She was optimistic about families’ expenditures on the new social welfare payments, stating that she was confident families spend the money on food, health and education expenses.