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The Seimas has given final approval to amendments increasing fines for companies employing people illegally and tightening the regulation of employment of people from third countries.

Only eight percent of Lithuania’s employers would approve a shorter working week, a poll by the Employment agency finds.

Eight large business sectors saw a fall in staff numbers at the beginning of March this year, compared to March 2023. Meanwhile, the number of employees in enterprises and organisations was still 0.7% higher at the beginning of March this year, reports Scorify, Vilnius-based data analysis company.

In October 2023, the number of employees receiving minimum monthly wage (MMW) and lower gross earnings in the whole economy (individual enterprises included) amounted to 122 thousand and it was 10.2 percent of total number of employees (0.5 percentage point more compared to October 2022). The majori...

The public radio LRT has reported that, according to employees of the Ministry of Health, ten heads of its departments were recently appointed without holding competitions first.

According to the data of 1 January 2024, there were 142,954 economic entities operating in Lithuania, which accounted for 60.4 percent of all economic entities registered in the Register of Legal Entities, said the State Data Agency.

Eurofound’s analysis of the labour market in Europe shows that just over four out of ten (41%) of employees in the EU work in direct contact with clients, customers, users, patients or other service recipients. This ‘interactive service work’ is female dominated, with women accounting for 61% of wor...

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda proposes that the state provide direct subsidies to micro-enterprises with up to nine employees to help them during the coronavirus crisis.

The state is ready to increase its debt to rescue the economy, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda says, also adding that businessmen also need to be socially responsible towards their employees and partners.

The High Court has held a company’s officers personally, jointly and severally liable to its employees as victims of modern slavery. The officers had deliberately and systematically utilised coercive, threatening and punitive financial measures to exploit the company’s employees and force them to li...

The number of registered job vacancies for salaried employees in Lithuania stood at 19,100 in the first quarter of this year, down by 1,000 vacancies from late March last year, the country's statistical service, Statistics Lithuania, said on Friday.

When it comes to the labour market in Lithuania, now the employees are calling the shots, while most employers need to compete to attract and retain talent. In the sellers’ market, employers should not approach hiring like courting – instead of trying to find Mr or Ms Perfect, they should settle wit...