| Abstract [eng] |
Reconciliation/Harmonisation of Work and Family Responsibilities in Labour and Social Security Law The number of people in employment is constantly growing, so state aid is needed to reconcile work and family responsibilities. Family members in this case are understood not only as persons related by kinship and legal ties, but also as other persons who feel emotional attachment towards each other and consider themselves as family members. The legislator establishes labour law and social security law measures to help reconciling work and family responsibilities. The main means of reconciling work and family responsibilities in labour law are maternity leave, paternity leave, parental leave, the right to additional rest days, additional guarantees for annual leave, such as the right to priority annual leave or the right to take the annual leave without working the set time before earning the right to use annual leave. Another mean that help reconciling work and family responsibilities is the right to change the terms of the employment contract easier by negotiating for part-time work, job share employment contract and remote work. Even in the absence of measures provided for by law to reconcile work and family responsibilities, according to Article 28 of the Labour code of the Republic of Lithuania, the employer must take measures to assist the employee in fulfilling his family obligations. The main means of reconciling work and family responsibilities in social security law are maternity social insurance, which consists of maternity, paternity and childcare benefits, sickness social insurance, which helps if an employee has to look after a sick family member, and lump-sum benefits. All these measures for reconciling work and family responsibilities enshrined in labour and social security law operate within a common framework, meaning that some measures work only together with each other and other measures act as ancillary if a person is not entitled to other measures, so it is important to assess them all systematically. |
