Occupational safety and health country profile: Lithuania
International labour standards
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NORMLEX
Ratification of ILO conventions
Database on international labour standards
Provides access to the latest information on ILO international labour standards on OSH (such as ratification information, reporting requirements, comments of the ILO's supervisory bodies, etc.).
Policies and programmes
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2009-2012
National strategy
Source: EU-OSHA
Aims at the reduction of the incidence rate of serious and fatal accidents at work by improving the legal and organizational OSH framework which ensures work quality and productivity.
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2008
OSH in the Northern Dimension Area
Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, the Russian Federation
Laws and regulations
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Main laws
OSH is regulated by the Labour Code, the Law on Safety and Health at Work, other laws, and legislation adopted by Government regulations and orders of the ministers.
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NATLEX
National legislation
National labour legislation database
Includes abstracts of OSH legislation and citation information. Full text of laws or a relevant source is linked to the records, when available.
Authorities and bodies
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Responsible authorities
Safety and health at work
Statistics
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ILOSTAT
Occupational injuries
Database of labour statistics
Contains annual data collected mainly through the ILO yearly questionnaire. It covers a wide range of topics including occupational injuries.