2014 LITHUANIAN TRADE UNION OF HEALTH CARE EMPLOYEES Dalia Juskeviciene

Main economic and social indicators of Lithuania 2013  In 2013, in Lithuania lived 2 million 972 thousands inhabitants. Lithuanian population accounted for only 0.6 percent of the total EU population and during the decade fell by 13 percent.  During the last decade Lithuanian population age structure has changed. In 2004, the elderly people accounted for 15 percent of the population in percent.  In 2013 gross domestic product (GDP) amounted to EUR million at current prices. Against 2012, the GDP change, seasonally and working day adjusted, stood at 3.4 per cent.  Gross domestic product per capita amounted to EUR 11696,6.

 In 2013, the unemployment rate stood at 11.8 per cent which was by 1.6 percentage points less than in  The long-term unemployment rate stood at 5.2 per cent and was by 1.5 percentage points lower than in  In 2013, against 2012, the youth (aged 15–24) unemployment rate dropped by 4.8 percentage points and stood at 21.9 per cent. Main economic and social indicators of Lithuania 2013

 average monthly gross (pre-tax) earnings in the whole economy, including individual enterprises, grew by 5 per cent and totalled EUR 646. Average monthly net (after-tax) earnings totalled EUR 501.  The highest gross earnings were recorded in financial and insurance – about EUR 1216, the lowest – in accommodation and food service – about EUR 391.  A quarter of all the persons employed earned EUR 318 and less, the other quarter received earnings ranging from EUR 318 to 474, yet another quarter – from EUR 474 to 756, the rest – more than EUR 756.

LTUHCE 4000 MEMBERS (of whom 26 percent doctors, 56 percent nurses, 18 percent other employees) 36 TRADE UNIONS ( MEMBERS FROM CLINICS, HOSPITALS, AMBULANCE STATIONS, PUBLIC HEALTH CENTRES, SANATORIUMS, PHARMACIES)

Tripartite Council of Lithuanian National Health System The Tripartite Agreement on solving social, economic and employment, education or training problems in health system of Lithuania in 2014 (signed on February, 2014) 7 representatives of Government 7 representatives of employees, one of them LTUHCE 7 representatives of employers

ESF project “The development of social dialogue between health care employers and trade union members“ Duration: March, 2012 – August, 2013 Participants: employers and employees of 11 Health Care Institutions The main activities : Training employees and employers on employment issues involving labor law, occupational safety, collective agreements and health care finance, management training including team development and personal responsibility-taking, communication and public speaking, stakeholder negotiation, conflict management establishing of Safety and Health Committees and the bilateral commissions exchanging of best practices in social dialogue - visit to Latvia

ESF project “The development of social dialogue between health care employers and trade union members“ In the end of the project there were achieved the following results: trained 1050 health care workers concluded nine collective agreements established three bilateral commission set up 4 Safety and Health committees

System of discount „ VISI SAVI“ - double benefit for our organization  Members of LTUHCE can receive discounts for goods and services  LTUHCE has the Register - information about our members

Neregėta Lietuva (5 min.): Lietuvą pristatantis filmas (8 min.): FJWo FJWo

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