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The law stipulates that until a state of emergency is declared in Lithuania, employees over the age of 60 who are in downtime could receive a salary of up to 437 euros, which is 100%. financed by taxpayers, but cannot be more than the monthly minimum wage (MMA 607 Eur on paper) or 70 percent. salary, but not more than 1.5 MMA (€ 910.5).
After the end of quarantine and the emergency, or an employee’s return from downtime, the employer could continue to request and pay the employee a six-month allowance: 100% in the first and second months, 50% in the third and fourth month, 30% in the fifth and sixth month, but the maximum threshold would be € 607 (before taxes).
It is true that all these changes will come into effect when they are signed by President Gitan Nauseda.
The amendments also stipulate that residents will receive a temporary job search benefit as soon as they become unemployed, and not when the period for receiving severance pay expires. The same would apply when a person applies for the regular unemployment benefit.
Calling to vote Thursday, Jurgis Razma said such a law is better than nothing.
“I ask for support for a project that should help preserve jobs for older people, but in a joint vote we need to identify the root causes of such legislative changes,” he said, saying the government could have contributed to the situation by communicating. due to the situation of the coronavirus in the elderly population.
“Obviously, when employers see circumstances that put them at risk because of those people’s working conditions, that is why we have sad statistics that older people are being laid off,” he said.
Algirdas Sysas also explained that he was not against greater benefits for the population, but said he was against how it was done.
“We are discussing the same Employment Law every week, which is due to the fact that there is borrowed money that needs to be distributed,” he said.
Procedure for the payment of employee benefits
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According to the BNS, according to the Ministry of Social Security and Labor, 45 employees asked the labor inspectors during the quarantine, complaining that the employers had discriminated against them on the grounds of age. This is 3 percent. all complaints
For example, in March of 10 thousand. 2.6 thousand people fired. He was over 60 years old.
Procedure for the payment of employee benefits
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