Hiring in Lithuania

Lithuania’s skilled workforce and digital economy attract firms, but its labor regulations can be tricky. Omnipresent acts as your Employer of Record (EOR), handling compliance with VMI rules without a local presence.

We streamline payroll, taxes, and benefits like 20 days of leave, so you can manage teams in Vilnius or Kaunas with ease. Our platform provides a tailored approach to Lithuania’s dynamic market.

• Fast onboarding, fully compliant.
• Contracts in EUR, fully handled.
• Expertise on market norms.
• Seamless expansion support.

Employer costs include Social Security - Unemployment, Long-term Employment Fund Contribution, and a Guarantee Fund Contribution. Use the OmniCalculator to estimate costs, or contact us for further information.

20% flat rate.

Employee contributions include Pension, Health Insurance, and Sickness Insurance. This list is non-exhaustive, please contact us for further information.

Working hours are 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week. Overtime is capped and compensated.

Sickness benefits for the first 2 days paid by the employer, which cannot be less than 62.06% or more than 100% of the employee's average earnings. Sickness benefits from the third day onwards paid by the government at 62.06% of the employee's earnings. Sick leave is usually paid for maximum 122 successive days and maximum 153 days total within a 12 month period.

If an employee exceeds the sick leave thresholds, the employment contract is subject to termination with notice.

Maternity: Lithuania has strong paid maternity leave regulations including 70 days before birth and 56 days after birth of paid maternity leave, totalling 18 weeks. 

Paternity: Paternity leave laws call for partially-paid paternity leave for 30 days after birth until the child reaches the age of 1 year or 1 month after the adoption of the child. From 2023, paternity leave may be divided into two parts.

Government-paid Childcare Leave: Lithuania offers parental leave until the child is 3 years old. 

Employees in Lithuania receive a minimum of four working weeks paid leave for a five-day week and five working weeks paid leave for a six-day week.

Severance is provided by law and amounts to the following: 

• 2 months salary for less than 12 months of service

• 5-6 months salary for more than 12 months of service 

In case of unfair dismissal, the employer is liable to pay further 6 months salary as additional severance. 

Termination is difficult in Lithuania. Strict procedures must be followed and reasons for termination are set out in the Labour Code.