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Only eight percent of Lithuania’s employers would approve a shorter working week, a poll by the Employment agency finds.

Lithuania's Trilateral Council representing the government, employers and workers is meeting on Wednesday once again to consider raising the minimum monthly salary next year.

Lithuanian employers' organizations say they will commit not to reduce wages during the crisis if the parliament approves President Gitanas Nauseda's initiative to cut the personal income tax rate to 15 percent, from 20 percent, and increase the non-taxable income threshold by 50 euros.