Lithuania: Parliament adopts amendments to the Labor Code facilitating overtime and striking

On April 14th, the Prime Minister announced, after months of tripartite negotiations, an agreement allowing layoff without notice (in exchange of double compensation for the employee), fixed-term contracts for all new forms of employment (including those meeting the company’s permanent needs) and changes to working time, up to its ‘annualization,’ while maintaining the existing limits (12 hours a day and 48 hours a week, as opposed to a statutory 8-hour work day and 40-hour work week; as well as 120 extra hours per year). However, the trade unions immediately denied, thus preventing the quick adoption of these Labor Code amendments (see our dispatch No. 100331).
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of double compensation for the employee), fixed-term contracts for all new forms of employment (including those meeting the company’s permanent needs) and changes to working time, up to its ‘annualization,’ while maintaining the existing limits (12 hours a day and 48 hours a week, as opposed to a statutory 8-hour work day and 40-hour work week; as well as 120 extra hours per year). However, the trade unions immediately denied, thus preventing the quick adoption of these Labor Code amendments (s

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