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Lietuvos Respublikos moterų ir vyrų lygių galimybių įstatymas

Nr. VIII-947, 1998-12-01; Žin. 1998, Nr. 112-3100, i. k. 0981010ISTAVIII-947; nauja redakcija nuo 2017-01-01 (Nr. XII-2767, TAR 2016-11-17); e-seimas TAD TAIS.69453; suvestinė redakcija nuo 2025-12-31 · Lithuania · Binding instrument

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A four-file toolkit that turns the duties of the Lithuanian equal opportunities law into open questions a business answers from its own records, with the statutory text carried verbatim.

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The businesses it reaches

The instrument concerns employers of every size in Lithuania, including recruiters and HR teams, and any business that sets pay, promotion or working conditions for its staff. It also reaches providers of goods and services, online sellers, advertisers and anyone who offers or supplies services to the public. The toolkit is a set of working files that organise this one instrument's obligations into phases of open questions a business answers from its own records, with the statutory text carried verbatim beside each duty.

The first working file covers the burden of proof and the evidence a business must be able to produce when a complaint is made. The second deals with preventing harassment and the internal steps that keep it from recurring. The third covers the prohibition of discrimination and the remedies attached to it, and the fourth covers the selection procedure used when a candidate is chosen for a post.

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Questions and answers

Which businesses does this law apply to?

It applies to employers in Lithuania and to anyone who provides goods or services to the public, including online sellers and advertisers. A business that sets pay, promotion or working conditions for staff is within its reach. The toolkit is built around that same group of businesses.

What does the toolkit contain?

It is a set of four working files, each covering a distinct part of the instrument's obligations. Each file turns those duties into open questions a business answers from its own records. The statutory text is carried verbatim beside each duty.

How are the sections delivered?

The sections are served through a connector inside Claude. Nothing is downloaded and nothing is installed. A business works through the questions in the same place where the statutory text sits beside them.

What do I get back at the end?

The documents that come back are dated compliance reports. The business keeps them in its own file. They record the answers given from the business's own records against each duty.

Does the toolkit tell me what to do about a complaint?

The toolkit never gives advice and never presents a perspective. It carries what the authority wrote, organised. The first working file sets out the burden of proof and the evidence a business must be able to produce when a complaint is made.

What does the file on harassment prevention cover?

It covers the prevention of harassment and the internal steps that keep it from recurring. The questions ask the business to show what it has done from its own records. The statutory text on that duty is carried verbatim beside the questions.

What does the file on the prohibition of discrimination cover?

It covers the prohibition of discrimination and the remedies attached to it. The business answers open questions about how it applies that prohibition in practice. The relevant statutory text sits beside each duty.

What does the file on selection cover?

It covers the selection procedure used when a candidate is chosen for a post. The questions ask the business to show, from its own records, how that procedure was followed. The statutory text on the selection procedure is carried verbatim beside the questions.

Do the working files follow the order of the law?

The files are organised by subject, not by the instrument's own order. Each file covers one area of obligation and the questions within it follow the phases a business works through. The statutory text is carried verbatim beside each duty.

Is the toolkit a source of legal advice?

No. The toolkit never gives advice and never presents a perspective. It carries what the authority wrote, organised, and leaves the judgement to the business. The dated compliance reports record what the business answered from its own records.


Source: e-seimas / e-tar. Official text, free of copyright under ATGTĮ art. 5. Official reference: Nr. VIII-947, 1998-12-01; Žin. 1998, Nr. 112-3100, i. k. 0981010ISTAVIII-947; nauja redakcija nuo 2017-01-01 (Nr. XII-2767, TAR 2016-11-17); e-seimas TAD TAIS.69453; suvestinė redakcija nuo 2025-12-31.

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