Ministry of Welfare and Labour

  • Economy

Raising social insurance contributions ‘would help increase wages for 260,000 employees’

Minimal social insurance contributions should be paid as a percentage of the minimum wage even by employees who make less…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Prime minister orders investigation into tragedy in Kėdainiai district

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius ordered the Ministry of Social Security and Labour to carry out an investigation whether there was…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania planning refugee integration centres in Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda

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

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian government earmarks EUR 50,000 for youth exchange with Ukraine

Lithuanian and Ukrainian governments intend to sign an agreement on youth exchange, with the Lithuanian Ministry of Social Security and…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuanian government considers raising minimum monthly wage to EUR 325

Lithuanian Ministry of Social Security and Labour has submitted a draft resolution to the Government, where it suggests raising minimum…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Social security minister can continue her work, president Grybauskaitė says

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

10 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania’s social security minister says she will not resign despite opposition’s calls

Although the Liberal Movement has threatened to initiate an interpellation against Lithuania's Social Security and Labour Minister Algimanta Pabedinskienė, the…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian president proposes bill to prevent exploitation of EU funds by public servants

Amendments to the Law on Public Service have been submitted to the Seimas (parliament) on the initiative of President Dalia…

10 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania grants state pensions to nearly 100 Jew rescuers

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

10 years ago
  • Economy

Opposition MPs ask ministry what it does to prevent mass lay-offs in companies hit by Russian embargo

Members of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) Rimantas Dagys and Kazys Starkevičius have asked the Ministry of Social Security…

10 years ago
  • Society

44 child adoptions concluded in Lithuania this year

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

10 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian social security minister presents employment-boosting measures at international forum

Prevention of structural unemployment and development of an inclusive labour market is essential in order to remove obstacles to Lithuania's…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Deputy heads at Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Welfare reappointed

As the government has been reappointed following President Dalia Grybauskaitė's inauguration for the second term, deputy head at the Ministry…

10 years ago