Social workers’ protests to hinder 500+ payments

According to the “Rzeczpospolita” daily, protesting teachers will soon be joined by 40,000 social workers. There is a risk that there could be delays in processing millions of applications for the 500+ social benefits in the new benefit period. This also applies to the 500+ benefits which, as promised by Law and Justice (PiS) party leader Jarosław Kaczyński, are to be paid for the first child from July this year. Social welfare workers are demanding not only increases in their very low wages, but also changes in the system of state aid as such.

(“Rzeczpospolita”)