European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
Eurofound's ERM database on restructuring-related legal regulations provides information on regulations in the Member States of the European Union and Norway which are explicitly or implicitly linked to anticipating and managing change.
Article 27 of the Labour Code
LAST UPDATE 2023 - THIS CONTENT WILL NOT BE UPDATED
Handling of employee health data following amendments to the Labour Code on quarantine, 14th, April 2020, Article 27 of the Labour Code "Workers' rights to privacy and protection of personal data" establishes employer‘s obligation to respect the rights of workers to privacy and protection of personal data. The employer's exercise of ownership or control over information and electronic communication technologies used in the workplace shall not violate the confidentiality of employees' private communications. Moreover, the State Data Protection Inspectorate has issued a series of recommendations and guidelines on the protection of personal data in the context of employment relationships that are applicable together with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (and Lithuanian legislation:
2021-2023 The State Data Protection Inspectorate together with Mykolas Romeris University is implementing the "SolPriPa 2 WORK" project "Resolving privacy paradox 2: promoting high standards of data protection as a fundamental right in the workplace". The two-year project is partially financed by the European Union Rights, Equality and Citizenship Program (2014-2020). This is a project to increase the awareness of employers and employees about the protection of personal data in the context of labour relations.
Project goals:
Target audiences are employees who are the weaker party in labour relations, and employers, especially specialists such as data protection officers, personnel, communication, information technology specialists, other administration employees. During the project, great attention is paid to small and medium-sized businesses, as well as public sector organisations, such as ministries and their subordinate institutions, municipalities, courts.
Activities. During the implementation of the project, trainings are conducted, guidelines, scientific articles, podcasts are prepared, and the mobile application "ADA guide" is further developed. The SolPriPa 2 WORK project is partially financed by the European Union Rights, Equality and Citizenship Program (2014-2020) and is for the period 2018-2020 continuation of the implemented awareness raising project "SolPriPa" about personal data protection.
Eurofound (2023), Lithuania: Employee monitoring and surveillance, Restructuring legislation database, Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/legislationdb/employee-monitoring-and-surveillance/lithuania
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