Statutory notice period
The minimum notice an employer must give. Contracts and collective agreements can lengthen it and only rarely shorten it, and the tenure bands are where cross-border assumptions usually go wrong.
Employer's termination without the employee's fault under the Labour Code. The employee's own resignation runs on twenty calendar days.
| Service | Employer notice | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| Standard case, service of 1 year or more | 1 month | runs from the day after written notice; postponed to the end of sickness or protected leave |
| Service under 1 year | 2 weeks | same rule |
| Short employment contracts of up to 6 months | 5 working days | same rule |
| Within 5 years of pension age | doubled | 2 months, or 1 month at under a year of service |
| Protected groups | tripled | 3 months: raising a child under 14 or a disabled child under 18, disabled workers, within 2 years of pension age, single parents, or a certified serious illness |
Severance of two months' average pay accompanies the dismissal, halved under a year of service. A separate employer's-will route allows termination on three working days' notice against at least six months' pay. During notice the employee holds a tenth of working time, paid, for job search.
Source: Lithuania: notice period to employees, Eurofound legislation database; Atleidimas pagal DK 57 str., UN.lt legal guide; DK 57 straipsnis, įspėjimo terminai, Neteisk.lt. Checked on 2026-07-27.
Minimum paid annual leave
The statutory floor for paid holiday. The counting basis matters as much as the number, since some laws count a six-day week and others count working days or calendar weeks.
20 working days per year.
Twenty-four working days where the pattern runs six days a week. Long service with the same employer and some working conditions add days under separate rules.
Source: Darbo kodeksas 2026, kasmetinės atostogos, Nacionalinis paramos portalas; Lithuania, working conditions framework, Eurofound legislation database. Checked on 2026-07-27.
Probation limit
The longest trial period the law allows an employer to agree, together with the notice that applies while it runs.
3 months at most, with notice of 3 working days from either side, no reasons owed by the employee; from 2026 the employer's trial-failure dismissal must survive challenge on its stated ground during it.
Standard ceiling of three months. Since the 2026 amendments an employee paid at least twice the national average gross wage may agree a trial of up to six months.
Source: Išbandymo laikotarpis ne ilgesnis nei trys mėnesiai, Nacionalinis paramos portalas; Darbo kodekso pakeitimai 2026 metais, Widen legal alert; Bandomasis laikotarpis, DK 36 str., Manager.LT. Checked on 2026-07-27.
Employer social contributions
What the employer pays on top of gross salary into statutory schemes. Some countries charge a percentage of pay, others charge flat amounts, and a single headline rate hides caps, regional rules and industry-rated items.
Figures apply for 2026.
| Scheme | Rate, per cent of pay | Charged on |
|---|---|---|
| Unemployment social insurance2.03 per cent on fixed-term contracts. | 1.31 | the whole salary, with no ceiling |
| Accident and occupational disease insurance, group IThe usual class; groups II to IV pay 0.49, 0.7 and 1.4 per cent by the employer's accident record. | 0.14 | the whole salary, with no ceiling |
| Guarantee fund | 0.16 | the whole salary, with no ceiling |
| Long-term employment benefit fund | 0.16 | the whole salary, with no ceiling |
| Sum of the shares aboveEmployer package of 1.77 per cent for an indefinite contract in the usual accident class. State social insurance runs on a base capped at sixty national average wages a year, 138,729 euro for 2026. | 1.77 |
The pension, sickness, maternity and health contributions, close to a fifth of gross plus optional funded-pension top-ups, are the employee's, withheld and remitted by the employer.
Source: Aktuali informacija draudėjams 2026 metais, Sodra, state social insurance board; Contribution rates for employees 2026, Sodra. Checked on 2026-07-27.