REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA EUROPEAN SOCIAL CHARTER (REVISED) THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA FOURTH REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL CHARTER (for the period from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2004, according to Articles 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17,18, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 31) CONTENTS ARTICLE 2: THE RIGHT TO JUST CONDITIONS OF WORK_________________________ 4 ARTICLE 2, PARA. 1 ________________________________________________________________ 5 ARTICLE 2, PARA.2 _______________________________________________________________ 10 ARTICLE 2, PARA. 3 _______________________________________________________________ 13 ARTICLE 2, PARA. 4 _______________________________________________________________ 16 ARTICLE 2, PARA. 5 _______________________________________________________________ 25 ARTICLE 2, PARA.6 ________________________________________________________________ 28 ARTICLE 2, PARA. 7 _______________________________________________________________ 30 ARTICLE 3: THE RIGHT TO HEALTHY AND SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS ________ 32 ARTICLE 3, PARA. 1 _______________________________________________________________ 33 ARTICLE 3, PARA.2 ________________________________________________________________ 40 ARTICLE 3, PARA. 3 _______________________________________________________________ 55 ARTICLE 3, PARA. 4 _______________________________________________________________ 77 ARTICLE 4: RIGHT TO A FAIR REMUNERATION________________________________ 82 ARTICLE 4 PARA. 1 ________________________________________________________________ 82 ARTICLE 4 PARA. 2 ________________________________________________________________ 88 ARTICLE 4 PARA. 3 ________________________________________________________________ 90 ARTICLE 4 PARA. 4 ________________________________________________________________ 94 ARTICLE 4 PARA.5 ________________________________________________________________ 96 ARTICLE 8: THE RIGHT OF EMPLOYED WOMEN TO PROTECTION OF MATERNITY 99 ARTICLE 8 PARA. 1 ________________________________________________________________ 99 ARTICLE 8 PARA. 2 _______________________________________________________________ 102 ARTICLE 8 PARA. 3 _______________________________________________________________ 104 ARTICLE 8 PARA. 4 _______________________________________________________________ 104 ARTICLE 8 PARA. 5 _______________________________________________________________ 105 ARTICLE 9: THE RIGHT TO VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE __________________________ 109 ARTICLE 10: THE RIGHT TO VOCATIONAL TRAINING __________________________ 119 ARTICLE 10 PARA. 1 ______________________________________________________________ 122 ARTICLE 10 PARA. 2 ______________________________________________________________ 135 ARTICLE 10 PARA. 3 ______________________________________________________________ 147 ARTICLE 10 PARA. 4 ______________________________________________________________ 159 ARTICLE 10 PARA. 5 ______________________________________________________________ 162 ARTICLE 11: THE RIGHT TO PROTECTION OF HEALTH ________________________ 168 ARTICLE 11 PARA. 1 ______________________________________________________________ 192 - 2 - ARTICLE 11 PARA. 2 ______________________________________________________________ 199 ARTICLE 11 PARA. 3 ______________________________________________________________ 206 ARTICLE 14: THE RIGHT TO BENEFIT FROM SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES ______ 222 ARTICLE 14 PARA. 1 ______________________________________________________________ 223 ARTICLE 14 PARA. 2 ______________________________________________________________ 232 ARTICLE 15: THE RIGHT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES TO INDEPENDENCE, SOCIAL INTEGRATION AND PARTICIPATION IN THE LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY _ 235 ARTICLE 15 PARA.1 _____________________________________________________________ 235 ARTICLE 15 PARA. 2 _____________________________________________________________ 247 ARTICLE 15 PARA. 3 ______________________________________________________________ 255 ARTICLE 17: THE RIGHT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS TO SOCIAL, LEGAL AND ECONOMIC PROTECTION _______________________________________________ 266 ARTICLE 17 PARA. 1 ______________________________________________________________ 268 ARTICLE 17 PARA. 2 ______________________________________________________________ 306 ARTICLE 18: RIGHT TO ENGAGE IN A GAINFUL OCCUPATION IN THE TERRITORIES OF OTHER COUNTRIES ______________________________________________________ 318 ARTICLE 18, PARA. 1 _____________________________________________________________ 318 ARTICLE 18, PARA. 4 _____________________________________________________________ 324 ARTICLE 21: THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION AND CONSULTATION ______________ 327 ARTICLE 22: THE RIGHT TO TAKE PART IN THE DETERMINATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE WORKING CONDITIONS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT _ 336 ARTICLE 25: THE RIGHT OF WORKERS TO THE PROTECTION OF THEIR CLAIMS IN THE EVENT OF THE INSOLVENCY OF THEIR EMPLOYER _______________________ 347 ARTICLE 26: THE RIGHT TO DIGNITY AT WORK________________________________ 351 ARTICLE 26 PARA. 1 ______________________________________________________________ 351 ARTICLE 26 PARA. 2 ______________________________________________________________ 357 ARTICLE 27: THE RIGHT OF WORKERS WITH FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND EQUAL TREATMENT____________________________________ 361 ARTICLE 27 PARA. 1 ______________________________________________________________ 362 ARTICLE 27 PARA. 2 ______________________________________________________________ 373 ARTICLE 27 PARA. 3 ______________________________________________________________ 376 ARTICLE 28: THE RIGHTS OF WORKERS’ REPRESENTATIVES TO PROTECTION IN THE UNDERTAKING AND FACILITIES TO BE ACCORDED TO THEM _____________ 380 ARTICLE 29: THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION AND CONSULTATION IN COLLECTIVE REDUNDANCY PROCEDURES_________________________________________________ 383 ARTICLE 31: THE RIGHT TO HOUSING ________________________________________ 389 ARTICLE 31 PARA. 1 ______________________________________________________________ 389 ARTICLE 31 PARA. 2 ______________________________________________________________ 394 - 3 - ARTICLE 2: THE RIGHT TO JUST CONDITIONS OF WORK 1. Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania Each employed person shall have the right to rest and leisure, as well as to annual paid holidays. Working hours shall be established by law (Article 49). 2. International legal acts • Convention No 47 of International Labour Organisation (ILO) of 1935 On Reduction of Working hours to Forty-Hour Working Week; • ILO Convention No 49 of 1946 On Limiting Hours of Night Work of Children and Young Persons (Non-industrial Occupations); • ILO Convention No 90 of 1948 On Night work of Young Persons (Industry) (revised); • ILO Convention No 171 of 1990 On Night Work. 3. Legal acts of the Republic of Lithuania • Labour Code No IX-926 of the Republic of Lithuania, adopted on 4 June 2002, came into force on 1 January 2003 (Official Gazette, No 64-2569); • The Law No IX-1672 of the Republic of Lithuania of 1 July 2003 On Safety and Health at Work (Official Gazette, No 70-3170); 4. Secondary legislation • Resolution No 154 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 7 March 1994 On Seasonal Work (Official Gazette, 1994, No 19-313); • Resolution No 354 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 15 May 1992 On Approval of the List of Certain Categories of Workers Eligible to Extended Annual Holidays and Duration Thereof (Official Gazette, 1992, No 20-603) (became invalid on 24 July 2003); • Resolution No 941 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 18 July 2003 On Approval of the List of Workers of Certain Categories Eligible to Extended Annual Leave, and Duration Thereof (Official Gazette, 2003, No 73-3375) (came into force on 24 July 2003); • Resolution No 497 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 22 April 2003 On Approval of the Duration of Annual Additional Leave, Conditions and Procedure of Granting Thereof (Official Gazette, 2003, No 39-1787); • Resolution No 116 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 28 January 2003 On Approval of the Amount of Compensable Benefits and Procedure of Payment Thereof (Official Gazette, 2003, No 11-413); • Resolution No 587 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 14 May 2003 On Approval of the List of Works in which the Working Time of up to Twenty-four Hours per Day May Apply, Specific Features of Work and Rest by Spheres of Economic Activity, Conditions for Using Summary Recording of Working Time, and of the Procedure of - 4 - Introduction of the Summary Recording of Working Time in Enterprises, Institutions and Organisations (Official Gazette, 2003, No 48-2120); • Resolution No 1195 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 30 September 2003 On the Procedure for Shortening of Working Time of Workers Whose Work Causes More Mental and Emotional Tensions and on Conditions of Remuneration for such Workers (Official Gazette, 2003, No 93-4205); • Resolution No 115 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 28 January 2003 On Approval of Standard Work Contract Form (Official Gazette, 2003, No11-412); • Resolution No 1043 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 19 August 2003 On Approval of Peculiarities of Employment Contracts (Official Gazette, 2003, No 81(1)- 3690); • A List of Dangerous works, approved in Resolution No 1386 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania on 3 September 2002 (Official Gazette, 2002, No 87-3751; 2004, No148-5359); • Order No V-196 of the Minister of Health of the Republic of