1.9 Current debates and reforms
From the 2023/2024 school year a new school subject "Business and Management will be introduced " (“Biznes i zarządzanie”) was introduced. It replaced the existing subject "Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship" (“Podstawy przedsiębiorczości”). In September 2022 a report on the consultation of the new subject was published, in which several hundred young people from all over Poland participated.
In 2021 Government's Plenipotary for Youth Policy (Pełnomocnik Rządu ds. Polityki Młodzieżowej) and The Dialogue Council with the Young Generationhas (Rada Dialogu z Młodym Pokoleniem) have launched a consultation of the "Strategy for the Young Generation" („Strategia RP na rzecz Młodego Pokolenia”). Finally, despite the ongoing work, the "Strategy for the Young Generation” was not enacted. On 22nd March 2023 activity of the Government Plenipotentiary for Youth Policy was completed.
1 August 2019 a personal income tax (PIT) relief was introduced for people up to the age of 26 and they receive income from employment contracts and orders concluded with the company, as well as income from graduate practice and student internship (from 2021). Over 2 million young workers will benefit from the relief.