Lithuania: will new legislation increase the role of social dialogue and collective bargaining?
LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Darbo rinka; Derybos dėl kolektyvinių sutarčių; Kolektyvinės derybos; Kolektyvinės sutartys; Profsąjungos; Socialinis dialogas; Collective agreements; Collective bargaining; Labour market; Social dialogue; Trade union.
ENThe economy of Lithuania, the EU Member State hardest hit by the global fi nancial crisis, started to recover in 2011. Stable economic growth has continued to this day. Both the employment rate and wage growth in Lithuania, however, have signifi cantly lagged behind the overall economic recovery. Furthermore, wage share as a percentage of GDP has remained at the bottom and income inequality at the top among EU Member States during the past decade. Similar to the situation in several other Central and Eastern European countries such economic and social developments have been greatly infl uenced by, among other things, the domination of neoliberal marketbased policies and the relative absence of industrial relations and social dialogue from policymaking processes. Lithuania is among the countries in the EU with the lowest trade union density and collective bargaining coverage. Despite this, Lithuania has fairly strict regulations on employment and social conditions, which are guaranteed mainly by prescriptive legal regulation. [Extract, p. 381]
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