Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy

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Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy
Ministerstwo Rodziny, Pracy i Polityki Społecznej
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Ministerial logotype
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Ministry headquarters at Nowogrodzka Street
Agency overview
Formed16 November 2015
Headquartersul. Nowogrodzka 1/3/5, Warsaw
Agency executive
Parent agency Council of Ministers
Website www.mpips.gov.pl

Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy of the Republic of Poland was formed in 2005 to administer issues related to labour and social policy of Poland. It was named Ministry of Labour and Social Policy until late 2015 when it was renamed to Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy.

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The ministry was formed from the former and short-lived Ministry of Social Affairs (created from 2004) and still existing, but reduced Ministry of Economy. From the Ministry of Economy, the new ministry acquired the competences in the fields of employment and combating unemployment, relations and conditions of labor, labor-related benefits, and trade union relations. The social policy part of the ministry gives it competences over the issues of family issues, and social benefits and welfare.

The ministry supervises the Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych.

Since December 2023 the current Minister of Labour and Social Policy is Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk. [1] In April 2024, she appointed a team to reform the National Labour Inspectorate. [2]

List of ministers

PortraitNamePartyTerm of Office Prime Minister (cabinet)
Elzbieta Rafalska (2017, cropped).jpg Elżbieta Rafalska PIS 16 November 20154 June 2019 Beata Szydło (Szydło),

Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki)

Bozena Borys-Szopa Sejm 2015.JPG Bożena Borys-Szopa PIS 4 June 201915 November 2019 Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki)
Marlena Malag.jpg Marlena Maląg PIS 15 November 201927 November 2023 Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki II)
Min. Dorota Bojemska.jpg Dorota Bojemska  [ pl ] Independent 27 November 202313 December 2023 Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki III)
Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bak 2023.jpg Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk NL 13 December 2023Present Donald Tusk (Tusk III)

References

  1. "Minister Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk: we are restoring the word "labour" in the name of the ministry, this is an important signal". Ministerstwo Rodziny, Pracy i Polityki Społecznej. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  2. "Minister rodziny wytypowała osoby, które zreformują inspekcję pracy". pulsHR.pl (in Polish). 14 April 2025. Retrieved 15 April 2025.