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• Unemployment social security - 1.31%
• Payments to fund - 0.16%
• Contribution to the long-term employment fund - 0.16%
• Social insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases - 0.14%

These costs are provided as estimates and are intended solely for general informational purposes. To fully comprehend all associated costs and fees related to the terms of any employment agreement for this country, please contact our Sales team for a quote.

• An employee that has been ensured
• An employee that has been granted a paternity leave according to the procedure established by law
• Employees who, over the last 24 months before the first day of paternity leave, have got not less than 12 months of the social insurance record

• Employee insured elects to receive an allowance up until the child is one year old - 77.58% of the salary
• Employee elects to receive an allowance up until the child is two years old - 54.31% of salary for the first year, and 31.03% of the salary for the second year
• In the event of multiple births, the allowance varies with the number of children born, but the maximum is 77.58% of the salary

• Become temporarily incapacitated
• Are covered for sickness through social insurance
• Are absent from work and loses earnings because of illness
• Are insured and have a sickness social insurance record of at least three months in the previous 12 months, or six months in the previous 24 months
• Do not have the required sickness social insurance record because of studying up to the age of 26 or being in professional military service or a statutory civil servant
• Have submitted an application for benefits to the regional State Social Insurance Fund Board office not later than 12 months after the end of the illness

Terminations must respect complex rules and the rules of an employee’s employment country. The off-boarding is always handled by the Employer with the primary stakeholders. It may include ad-hoc fees as well as required or recommended steps on specific termination cases.

Compliant terminations include:

• Voluntarily by the employee
• By mutual agreement
• Unilaterally by the employer based on valid reasons or without any reason
  Probation period
  Objective grounds
  Disciplinary dismissal
  Performance due to unsuitability for the job
  Job function become superfluous due to change in organization structure

Notice will depend on the reason for termination and length of employment.

Termination of employment at the initiative of an employer through no fault of an employee:

• Standard notice: one month of notice period
• Less than one year of employment: two weeks notice
• Above notice periods are multiplied by three for:
  Employees raising a minor (also adopted) under the age of 14
  Employees raising a disabled child under the age of 18
  Disabled employees
  Employees who will be entitled to a retirement pension in two years

• Notice period of three days given to the employee
• Pregnant women, employees who are on maternity, paternity, or childcare leave cannot be dismissed on this legal basis

• Employee cannot set a shorter notice period for the employer
• The Labor Code enables the employer and the employee to agree that the employee will not work during the notice period, but will be paid for the entire notice period

• If the length of employment is above one year - two average monthly salaries
• If the length of employment is less than one year - 0.5 average monthly salary
• Additionally, the dismissed employee receives severance pay from a special state fund. The amount depends on the continuous duration of employment

• Minimum six average monthly salaries

• If the length of employment is above one year - two times the average remuneration
• If the length of employment is less than one year - one average remuneration

To protect you from unforeseen financial risks arising from terminations, Deel applies a Severance Accrual to all employment agreements in this country.  Deel has extensive expertise in managing litigation risk globally and our Severance Accrual calculation is based on the prevailing common-law or statutory entitlements and local best practices. In the event your employee resigns or is not entitled to severance, all unused amounts will be returned to you.

Lithuania celebrates 15 national holidays. National public holidays include: 

1. New Year's Day
2. Day of Restoration of the Lithuanian State 
3. Lithuanian Independence Restoration Day 
4. Easter Sunday
5. Easter Monday 
6. Labour Day
7. Mother's Day 
8. Father's Day
9. St. John’s day
10. Statehood day
11. Assumption Day
12. All Saints' Day
13. All Souls Day 
14. Christmas Eve
15. Christmas Day

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