Ministry of Welfare and Labour

Minimal social insurance contributions should be paid as a percentage of the minimum wage even by employees who make less than that, says Mindaugas Sinkevičius, director of Lithuania's Social Insurance Fund (Sodra). This would disincentivize employers to pay part of their employee's wages illegally.

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius ordered the Ministry of Social Security and Labour to carry out an investigation whether there was a proper control over the actions regarding families at risk, what measures have been taken to put an end to domestic violence, after the tragic events in Saviečiai ...

Refugee integration centres will be opened in Lithuania's largest cities of Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda, the Ministry of Welfare and Labour said.

Lithuanian and Ukrainian governments intend to sign an agreement on youth exchange, with the Lithuanian Ministry of Social Security and Labour planning to earmark 50,000 euros for the projects next year.

Lithuanian Ministry of Social Security and Labour has submitted a draft resolution to the Government, where it suggests raising minimum monthly wage and minimum hourly pay as of 1 July 2015.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that she does not see any reasons to dismiss Social Security and Labour Minister Algimanta Pabedinskienė.

Although the Liberal Movement has threatened to initiate an interpellation against Lithuania's Social Security and Labour Minister Algimanta Pabedinskienė, the latter has no intention of resigning on her own accord.

Amendments to the Law on Public Service have been submitted to the Seimas (parliament) on the initiative of President Dalia Grybauskaitė. The amendments seek to prevent public servants from signing additional work contracts with their own employers, to prevent them from cashing-in on public service ...

Second-degree state pensions were granted to 98 Lithuanian residents who rescued Jews during the Holocaust, the Social Security and Labour Ministry said.

Members of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) Rimantas Dagys and Kazys Starkevičius have asked the Ministry of Social Security and Labour what actions the ministry undertook over possible mass dismissals of employees.

Citizens of Lithuania adopted 44 children over nearly seven months of this year, the Ministry of Welfare and Labour Ministry said.

Prevention of structural unemployment and development of an inclusive labour market is essential in order to remove obstacles to Lithuania's economic growth. This was emphasised by the Lithuanian Minister of Social Security and Labour Algimanta Pabedinskienė who presented the country's experience at...

As the government has been reappointed following President Dalia Grybauskaitė's inauguration for the second term, deputy head at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Welfare return to their posts.