Lithuania
Is there any existing legal requirement to report on any gender pay gap?
An indirect requirement (see Q2 below).
If so, what are the requirement triggers?
In their regular information and consultation reports, companies with a minimum of 20 employees must inform the works council about salary changes, both those changes which have already occurred and anticipated changes. Although the law does not require companies to report on any gender pay gap, by law the works council is entitled to commence consultation within 5 working days of receipt of the information. During such consultation, the works council may potentially request specific information on any pay gap.
The gender pay gap can also be calculated based on information that can be obtained from a dedicated website of the State Social Insurance Fund (Sodra).
What frequency of reporting is required?
The report must be provided to the works council annually, by no later than by 1 April of each year.
Is the report required to be published externally?
No. However since 2021, Lithuania’s State Social Insurance System has been annually publishing company-level average wages by gender in an online public register of companies.
Is there a sanction for non-compliance with the duty to report?
N/A
Has Lithuania yet fully transposed the requirements of the Pay Transparency Directive? If yes, what was the implementation date and what is the name of the legislation?
Yes. On 21 May 2026, the Seimas adopted the transposition legislation (Law No. XV-969), which was then signed by the President and officially published in the Register of Legal Acts on 25 May 2026. Certain provisions have been postponed until 1 January 2027. These include, in particular, obligations related to job classification and the establishment of compliant remuneration systems, the submission of pay-related data to the State Social Insurance Fund Board (Sodra), as well as employees’ right to receive information on average pay by gender within their job group. Other provisions, such as the prohibition on requesting pay history during recruitment, entered into force on 7 June 2026.
If the Pay Transparency Directive has not yet been transposed, what steps have been taken towards implementation?
N/A – see above.
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