Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Lithuania as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Lithuania: Recent legal amendments
Several changes have been made during the last three months to the Labour Code and Immigration Law …
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Lithuania: Study and self-study
The right to take annual leave for self-study is now into its second year and yet the take-up remains fairly low …
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Lithuania: State childcare allowances
Changes have been made to allowances given to natural, adoptive or foster parents for the first one or two years …
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Lithuania: shortened working hours on the eve of public holidays
The upcoming national holiday – The Day of Restoration of the State of Lithuania – will occur on Friday, 16th February 2024 …
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Lithuania: Tripartite Council approves minimum wage increase for 2024
The Tripartite Council, representing the country’s government, employers and trade unions, has approved a proposal to increase the minimum monthly wage by 10% to €924 (US$1,003) in 2024 …
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Lithuania: New restrictions on cash payments
Substantial cash payments now restricted …
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Lithuania: New mobbing prohibition to come into effect
The Labour Code will be amended on 1st November 2022 to extend the definition of “unacceptable conduct” at work …
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Lithuania: New immigration regulations, effective August 2022
New immigration regulations were introduced on 1st August 2022 …
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Lithuania: The practice of halving daily allowances on an arbitrary basis has been declared unlawful
The era in which statutory daily allowances could be varied by up to 50% at the unilateral decision of companies has ended …
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Lithuania: Sale ban on vaping products in non-tobacco flavours
A new law has come into force banning the sale of vaping products in non-tobacco flavours …
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Lithuania: Identification of persons working on construction sites
Employers that operate in workplace which contain construction sites must ensure that self-employed workers are correctly registered …
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Lithuania: Many employment contracts become partially null and void
Employers will soon be unable to alter daily allowance on the basis of an individual employment contract …
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Lithuania: Government will compensate for expenses of attracting qualified foreign workers
The Ministry of Economy and Innovation has proposed granting one-off allowances to highly qualified foreign workers and those with skills in short supply …
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Lithuania: Changes in taxation of employment income (2022)
Changes in income tax have been introduced to benefit the higher paid …
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Lithuania: Pilot project with Nigeria helping to pave the way for legal migration in EU
An initiative called “Digital Explorers” has already successfully sought to hire Nigerian ICT talent to work in Lithuanian high tech companies …
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