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LITHUANIA 46 Gintare Buzinskaite Senior specialist of Labour Conditions Division, Ministry of Social Security and Labour, Lithuania BASIC FACTS ABOUT LITHUANIA Location: Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, in the South of Latvia Capital: Vilnius Area: land: 65.3 sq km Frontiers: total: 1743 km border countries: Latvia to the North 610 km, Byelorussia to the South – East 660 km, Poland to the South – West 103 km and Kaliningrad region of Russia to the West 295 km Natural Oil, peat, limestone, dolomite, clay, sand and gravel, water, resources: wood, arable land. Population: total: 3.5 million (April 2001) urban: 2.3 million Natural increase rate per 1000 population: Average life expectancy at birth: rural: 1.2 million -1.3 (in 2000) total population: 71.66 years (2001) female: 77.41 years male: 65.88 years Ethnic groups: Lithuanian 83.5%, Polish 6.7%, Russian 6.3%, Belarusian 1.2%, other 2.3% Religions: Roman Catholic 79.0%, Orthodox Believers 4.1%, Old Believers Official language: 0.8%, Evangelical Lutherans 0.6% Lithuanian Independence: Proclaimed on 16 February 1918, restored on 11 March 1990 Constitution: Adopted on 25 October 1992 Legal system: Based on civil law system Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal for Lithuanian citizens Highest Seimas (141 member, 4 years; 50% of seats elected directly and legislative body: 50% of seats elected on proportional basis) President: Valdas Adamkus (elected on 4 January 1998) Executive body: Government (prime minister and ministers) Prime Minister: Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas (since 4 July 2001) Ministries: Environment, Finance, National Defence, Culture, Social Security and Labour, Transport, Health Care, Education and Science, Justice, Foreign Affairs, National Economy, Interior, Agriculture
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247 LABOUR POLICY STUDIES Juha Anti
Page 4 and 5: FOREWORD The working life barometer
Page 6 and 7: SUMMARY This research study is the
Page 8: CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .............
Page 11 and 12: 2 of the state was part of the deve
Page 13 and 14: 4 to; and, in fact, it can be very
Page 15 and 16: 6 PART ONE COUNTRY ESSAYS
Page 17 and 18: 8 Industries: Food, textile, wearin
Page 19 and 20: 10 Since the beginning of the 1990s
Page 21 and 22: 12 As the number of working age pop
Page 23 and 24: 14 2001 the unemployment rate of th
Page 25 and 26: 16 In addition to unemployment bene
Page 27 and 28: 18 the average wage is higher than
Page 29 and 30: 20 proceeding from its economic opp
Page 31 and 32: LATVIA Jevg_nija Sviridenkova Senio
Page 33 and 34: 24 improved, the institutional set-
Page 35 and 36: 26 Once a year a taxpayer is allowe
Page 37 and 38: 28 The legal framework for enterpri
Page 39 and 40: 30 The aim of economic policy of th
Page 41 and 42: 32 exchange rate ensures stable pri
Page 43 and 44: 34 age population will not fall tha
Page 45 and 46: 36 favourable conditions for invest
Page 47 and 48: 38 conditions for investment and th
Page 49 and 50: 40 The key elements of health promo
Page 51 and 52: 42 Most of the higher educational i
Page 53: 44 financial intermediation 96 015
Page 57 and 58: 48 The main legal act is the Consti
Page 59 and 60: 50 According to the data of the cen
Page 61 and 62: 52 money transfer from the EU will
Page 63 and 64: 54 In 1997 the Government of Lithua
Page 65 and 66: 56 without children had the biggest
Page 67 and 68: 58 pensioners work. There were 67.7
Page 69 and 70: 60 The biggest number of job vacanc
Page 71 and 72: 62 Confederation of Lithuanian Indu
Page 73 and 74: 64 Lithuania’s economy is growing
Page 75 and 76: 66 In this section, we will examine
Page 77 and 78: 68 other two countries, and so the
Page 79 and 80: 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 25% 70 UNION
Page 81 and 82: 72 Trade union representation at th
Page 83 and 84: 74 In any case, the proportion of u
Page 85 and 86: 40% 20% 0% -20% -40% 32% -22% 76 OP
Page 87 and 88: 78 to the trade union movement. In
Page 89 and 90: 80 working hours, the same things w
Page 91 and 92: 82 Lithuania. However, only 15 % of
Page 93 and 94: …at the workplace together with c
Page 95 and 96: 86 NEGOTIATIONS ON EMPLOYEES' SAFET
Page 97 and 98: 88 more collectivity in negotiation
Page 99 and 100: SALARY PAYMENT BASIS 90 ESTONIA LAT
Page 101 and 102: 92 Baltic countries are often agree
Page 103 and 104: 94 make the same purchase in Estoni
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96 In this way, the salary distribu
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WOMEN'S AND MEN'S NET SALARIES, 199
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100 The net salaries in the private
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102 women's salaries have improved
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104 portion in 2002 measured by the
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106 NET WAGES AND SALARIES BY DECIL
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108 erage salaries have fallen by 1
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LITHUANIA 110 The rise in consumer
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New workplaces Reorganised Old work
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114 taken into account, Lithuania's
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116 NET WAGES AND SALARIES BY DECIL
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118 In Estonia and Latvia the reorg
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120 MEDIAN SALARY IN 1998 AND 2002
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122 WAGE EARNERS' OWN ESTIMATE OF C
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124 ing people, the managers trust
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126 tively small, and so their sign
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128 clearly higher than in the othe
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130 The most problematic situation
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WEEKLY WORKING HOURS Estonia 132 Th
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134 mainstream in Latvia, since the
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136 Weekly working hours in Lithuan
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138 WORKING OVERTIME DURING A NORMA
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140 Unpaid overtime is more typical
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142 and why do they accept the prev
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EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS 144 The trends
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146 of no significance: in practice
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148 PROPORTION OF EMPLOYEES WHO HAV
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150 STRESS FACTORS AND CONFLICTS In
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152 nia has become much more demand
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154 Mean work intensity values (Sca
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60% 40% 20% 0% -20% -40% -60% Durin
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LATVIA women men ESTONIA women men
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160 In 2002 in Latvia and Estonia,
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LATVIA women men ESTONIA women men
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164 Work safety in Latvia is seen a
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CONFLICTS 166 To finish this chapte
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168 In the question of conflicts, E
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170 may be a sign of efficiency; bu
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172 The workers' possibilities of i
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174 sumed that the question of sect
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176 two Baltic countries. This shou
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178 and the private sectors, though
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180 the individuals are allowed to
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JOB SATISFACTION 182 When working p
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100% 50% 0% -50% -100% 78% 78% -22%
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186 mosphere assessment between the
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188 aspects are enquired about: 1)
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190 public-sector workers are a lit
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192 sector, where nearly three-quar
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20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 15% 16% 194 THE P
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196 home in connection with their m
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198 ised by way of information netw
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100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 200 PERSONA
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202 spects is (naturally) the same
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204 tries. Under half (43 %) of all
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206 The ageing workers, therefore,
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208 information technology are grow
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210 PARTICIPATED IN TRAINING PAID B
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212 problem category in Finland are
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214 DEVELOPMENT OF WORK ORGANISATIO
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216 of, room and opportunities shou
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218 been set up, with the aim of pl
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220 PART THREE CURRENT TRENDS AND F
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222 WORKING LIFE TRENDS IN ESTONIA,
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224 HOW HAVE ASSESSMENTS OF WORKING
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MEN AND WOMEN 226 The changes takin
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228 Greatest changes 1998 - 2002: E
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230 TRENDS IN ESTONIAN WORKING LIFE
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LATVIA 232 The attitudes of the Lat
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234 men have taken a somewhat more
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236 In the oldest age group, there
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Meaningfulness Equality Environment
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MEN AND WOMEN 240 The increased neg
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242 UNDER 30 YEARS Greatest changes
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244 trend expectations can indeed b
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Meaningfulness Equality Environment
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248 is particularly great. In the v
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250 EXPECTATIONS: ECONOMY OF OWN WO
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252 At the new workplaces establish
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254 DISCUSSION: DIVERGING DEVELOPME
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256 favourable direction and the de
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258 A trend toward normalisation ca
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260 ment staff. It is, in a way, na
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262 still some big changes ahead fo
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264 the salary due from their main
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266 Job satisfaction Job satisfacti
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REFERENCES 268 Alasoini, T.: Suomal
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270 http://www.stat.fi/tk/tp/maailm
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DATA COLLECTION AND SAMPLE DESIGN C
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33. Korkiasaari, Jouni: Siirtolaisi
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110. Aarne Mattila: Cooperation and
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179. Osmo Rahikainen, Pekka Ylösta
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243. Matti Vartiainen, Christina Sw
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