The amendment to the Labor Code of 24 July 2015, has made significant changes, i.a. the eighth chapter of the Labor Law, including rights related to childbirth and upbringing. It entered into force on 2 January 2016 and includes all types of broadly defined parental leave: maternity leave, additional maternity leave, parental leave, paternity leave and child care leave. The amendment - in a different extent - has covered employees , those remaining in business relations, as well as those performing work on a different basis, covered with social insurance of sickness and maternity (sickness insurance). The Changes were and are the part of wider program of pro- family activities and anti-deteriorating demographic situation in Poland, regarding to the property protection and the economic freedom, enjoying by employers.