Uścińska becomes new head of ZUS

Gertruda Uścińska has become the new head of the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) following a positive opinion issued by ZUS' supervisory board last week. Prior to joining ZUS, Uścińska was an academic at the University of Warsaw, specializing in social security systems. The post, which Uścińska is to assume has been vacant since April 2015 after former head Zbigniew Derdziuk stepped down.