Regulatory legislation
Key legislation governing employee health and safety (links lead to the Register of Legal Acts):
- open_in_new Labour Code of the Republic of Lithuania
- open_in_new Law on Occupational Safety and Health of the Republic of Lithuania
- open_in_new General Provisions on the Assessment of Training and Knowledge on Occupational Safety and Health Issues
- open_in_new Description of the Procedure for the Organisation and Conduct of Assessments of Knowledge on Occupational Health and Safety at the State Labour Inspectorate
- open_in_new Requirements for the qualifications or specialised knowledge and skills of employees entrusted with the maintenance or modification of potentially hazardous equipment, and of supervisors of work involving potentially hazardous equipment
- open_in_new Law on the Procedure for the Approval, Entry into Force and Implementation of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Lithuania
- open_in_new The Law on Trade Unions of the Republic of Lithuania
- open_in_new Law on the Supervision of Potentially Hazardous Installations of the Republic of Lithuania
- open_in_new Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Social Insurance against Accidents at Work and Occupational Diseases
- open_in_new Regulations on the Investigation and Recording of Accidents at Work
- open_in_new Regulations on the Investigation and Recording of Occupational Diseases
- open_in_new Procedure for the Preparation of Health and Safety Instructions for Employees and for the Training of Employees Seconded to an Undertaking from Another Undertaking by Agreement between the Employer and the Employee
- open_in_new General Provisions on the Assessment of Occupational Risks
- open_in_new Model Regulations for Company Occupational Health and Safety Services
- open_in_new General provisions on the use of work equipment
- open_in_new General provisions on the provision of workplaces
- open_in_new Regulations on the Provision of Personal Protective Equipment to Employees
- open_in_new Methodological guidelines for the assessment of ergonomic risk factors
- open_in_new Health and safety requirements for employees when handling loads manually
- open_in_new Regulations on the Use of Health and Safety Signs in the Workplace
- open_in_new Order amending Order No. 95 of the Minister of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania of 24 November 1999 ‘On the provisions regarding the use of health and safety signs in the workplace’
- open_in_new General Provisions on Workers’ Health and Safety Committees
- open_in_new Safety provisions for workers in potentially explosive atmospheres
- open_in_new Provisions on the protection of workers from chemical agents at work and on the protection of workers from the effects of carcinogens and mutagens at work
- open_in_new Regulations on the Protection of Workers from the Risks Arising from Noise
- open_in_new Regulations on the protection of workers from risks arising from vibration
- open_in_new Methodological guidelines for the assessment of psychosocial risk factors
- open_in_new Regulations on working with asbestos
- open_in_new Procedure for preventive health checks at healthcare facilities
- open_in_new General fire safety rules
- open_in_new Rules on the safe operation of electrical installations
- open_in_new Procedures for the employment, work and vocational training of persons under the age of eighteen, and description of the conditions for the employment of children
- open_in_new Description of working conditions for pregnant employees, those who have recently given birth and those who are breastfeeding