Lithuanian system for the settlement of labour disputes using ADR methods

EN1. The institute of labour disputes, like all Labour law in Lithuania, has gone through a not so long but multiple paths of reforms. The Institute of labour disputes was destined to experience various stages of reforms and transformations. 2. The system of labour disputes established in the Labour Code of the Republic of Lithuania is based on the objective criterion, according to which labour disputes are primarily classified into: disputes over rights and disputes over interests; further on the basis of the subject criterion (depending on the parties involved in the dispute), they are subdivided into: individual labour disputes and collective labour disputes. 3. Labour disputes over rights, both individual and collective, must be resolved in the Labour Disputes Commission, which permanently operates under the State Labour Inspectorate. The Commissions are set up and operate on the basis of a tripartite social partnership and, in particular, seek to reconciliate the parties to the dispute. In case of failure to resolve the labour dispute in the Labour Disputes Commission, the parties to the dispute may initiate the examination of the labour dispute in court. 4. The Labour Code establishes a special ADR system for resolving collective labour disputes over interests. These disputes primary and mandatory are settled by the Collective Labour Dispute over Interests Committee set up by the parties to the dispute. If the dispute cannot be resolved by the Commission, it may be referred to a mediator and / or the Labour Arbitration Committee by agreement of the parties.