New employees will receive money from maternity and care allowance only after 90 days of full-time employment and after 180 days of running a business - informs Rzeczpospolita. She points out that "it is not certain" whether this longer waiting period will also apply to sickness benefit.more
With the Christmas party season coming up, it can be a nightmare to get a taxi home. So when someone offers to be the designated driver, we should celebrate them.
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Nationalists have always been part of the European political landscape, but recently support for them has increased significantly. The BBC has published a ranking that showed where in Europe extremists have gained the most followers so far.more
Every day, we throw away huge amounts of food. Supermarkets get rid of food that's about to go off, while restaurants and cafe don't want to keep things that aren't fresh.more
A massive portrait of Greta Thunberg gazed down onto San Francisco on Tuesday night after an artist unveiled a mural of the Swedish teen activist in a bid to remind residents of the dangers posed by climate change.more
The Conservative Party now has more support among working-class voters than the upper classes, according to a new poll which predicts that Boris Johnson will win a 110-seat majority at the general election.more
Google has partnered with one of the nation's largest health care systems to collect millions of Americans' personal health data in an effort to design an artificial intelligence-powered health care service, according to a report. more
The anti-poverty charity Trussell Trust has reported a significant increase in the number of people who use food banks in the UK. According to official data, 823 thousand have been spent in the last 6 months food parcels.more
Cologne's world-famous Carnival season kicked off on Monday, with many of the celebrations spilling over into civil disobedience and physical attacks.more
Public confidence in the future of the Union is on the slide with a majority of voters believing the UK will not exist in its current form in 10 years, polling suggests.more
Just in time for Debt Month, where we'll be looking at all things debt to reduce the shame associated with talking about money, a new study has revealed that one of Brits' biggest worries in life is how they're going to get out of debt.more
Poles go shopping very often but spend little at a time. That is why small but modern grocery stores are developing the most, the Polish daily "Rzeczpospolita" reports.more
The super-rich are preparing to immediately leave the UK if Jeremy Corbyn becomes prime minister, fearing they will lose billions of pounds if the Labour leader does "go after" the wealthy elite with new taxes, possible capital controls and a clampdown on private schools.more
The British organization Imaan, which associates LGBT Muslims, announced the organization of the first parade of this type in the United Kingdom. The action planned for next year was possible thanks to the support of the crowdfunding community.more
The number of payment cards on the Polish market increased by 404 thousand to 42.1 million at the end of the second quarter of this year, compared to the end of March - the National Bank of Poland (NBP) informed.more
A boost from an above-inflation increase in the "national living wage" has reduced the percentage of people classified as low paid in Britain to its lowest level since modern records began.more
Facebook has agreed to pay a £500,000 fine, the highest possible, to the Information Commissioner's Office over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, ending more than a year of litigation between the regulator and social network.more
An elder of a Warrington church hopes to develop positive relations between Polish and English-speaking communities with the publication of a new book of Christmas carols.more
The Act on social assistance means that to help people without shelter, organizations must break the law. However, the Ministry of Labor and Family has no objections to the regulations and does not intend to change them - writes the Polish daily "Dziennik Gazeta Prawn"a.more
The "For Life" benefit and additional facilities were to convince women to give birth to disabled children. However, the statistics show something quite different, reports the Polish daily "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna".more
