| Abstract [eng] |
Working time is any period during which the employee must work carrying out his activity or duties, and other periods equivalent to it. The legal acts of Lithuania establish particularly strict regulation of working time: it is fixed maximum daily and weekly working time and overtime works may be applied only in specified cases. The main problem regarding the regulation of working time is disagreement between the employer and the employee. The employee is interested to work less and to receive high salary whereas the employer is willing to fix longer working hours and to pay low salary. In order to ensure safe and non-hazardous working conditions special rules regarding the duration of working time are established for a specific category of workers. Since the regulation of working time in Lithuania is similar to the regulation of working time in the Federation of Russia and to the regulation of working time in the Republic of Latvia for the employers going to work to these neighbourhood countries the same working conditions, by means of working time, shall be ensured. |
