A step closer to the directive on adequate minimum wages
Last week Lithuania formulated its preliminary position on the proposed European directive on adequate minimum wages in the European Union.
The Committee on European Affairs of the Parliament decided that the principle of subsidiarity is not violated. That means that the „yellow card“ for further processes was not given and now the proposal will be discussed in the plenary session of the Parliament.
A roundtable discussion of the project “Improving Social Dialogue in Industry Sector in Lithuania” was held
On December 17, 2020, the remote round table discussion of the Project “Improving Social Dialogue in Industry Sector in Lithuania” was held.
It was attended by Jorgen Kaurin, the Political Adviser of the United Federation of Trade Unions „Fellesforbundet“, Cathrine Ulvøy, the „Fellesforbundet“ Expert in Collective Bargaining, Dalia Jakutavičė, the President of the Lithuanian Industry Trade Union Federation (LPPSF) and the National Project Experts - doc. dr. Vida Petrylaitė and sociologist, analyst of the public institution “Enterprise Lithuania” Marius Kalanta. The discussion was moderated by Jurga Subačiūtė-Žemaitienė, the project coordinator and Vice-President of the LPPSF.
A regional workshop on collective bargaining was held in Kaunas
On October 16, in Kaunas, at the conference center „Europa Royale“, a regional workshop of the international project "Improvement of Social Dialogue in Industry Sector in Lithuania" was held. The moderator of the workshop was the labor law expert, Doc. dr. Vida Petrylaitė.
Training for negotiators on drafting collective agreements took place in Vilnius
On September 10, in Vilnius, at the conference center „Artis Centrum Hotel“, a training on drafting collective agreements of the international project "Improvement of Social Dialogue in Industry Sector in Lithuania" was held. It took place on the basis of the experts conclusions of the Lithuanian Industry Trade Union Federation‘s collective agreements analysis.