Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2021, published 110th ILC session (2022)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Lithuania (Ratification: 1994)

The Committee notes section 200 of the Labour Code outlining the procedure for unilaterally terminating a collective agreement in force. The Committee requests the Government to: (i) clarify the rules and conditions governing the unilateral termination of collective agreements as set in the referred section of the Labour Code, specifying in particular whether any agreement can be unilaterally terminated at any time six months after its entry into force; and (ii) provide information on the application of this section in practice.

The Committee further requests the Government to provide information on the number of collective agreements concluded in the private and public sectors, including the number of workers and employees covered.