Business trips to Lithuania
The Law mentioned above is
applied when an employee is posted to work temporarily in Lithuania:
1.
under a contract concluded by a foreign employer with a customer
operating in Lithuania for the provision of services or work;
2.
by foreign employer to a branch, a representative office or a company
group in Lithuania;
3.
as a temporary employee.
The foreign employer should
inform the relevant territorial LLE about the employee posted to Lithuania for
work, which lasts more than 30 days or for construction works and provide
with the following information in advance to LLE:
1.
the maximum duration of work periods and minimum duration of rest
periods;
2.
the minimum paid annual holidays;
3.
the minimum wage, including increased payments for overtimes, night
work, working on rest days and holidays;
4.
the employment conditions for temporary employees;
5.
the health and safety conditions for employees;
6.
the company’s protection measures at work for people under 18 years old,
pregnant women, women who have recently given birth or in the period of breast
feeding;
7.
the prohibition of discrimination at work.
When between the separate
business trips of posted employees to Lithuania are less than 30 days period,
than 30 days period is calculated by composing all posting periods (i.e. break
times between the business trips are not included).
The foreign employer should fill
a special application and submit it via e-mail, fax or e-services no
later than one business day before the business trip in Lithuania is
started.
You may find the application here (please refer to
section “Posting of workers”): http://www.vdi.lt/English/VDI_English.aspx
Documents related
to the posted employees should be stored during all business trips duration
period at the place where working functions are performed. These documents should
be submitted to the competent authorities under their request.
Business trips to the EEA and EU countries
Lithuanian companies which
send their employees in the European Union or EEA countries for business trips
lasting longer than 30 days or for construction works, should inform the local
authorities of those countries according to the local procedures. The LLE in
Lithuania should not be informed in such cases.
Foreign institutions contacts
could be found:
http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/national-contact-points/index_en.htm?topic=work&contacts=id-611492
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