Lithuania stops paying salaries, daily subsistence allowances and travel allowances in cash. The new rules, which came into force on January 1, 2022, are provided for by amendments to the Labor Code of the republic. According to TASS, in this way the Lithuanian authorities hope to overcome the shadow business and protect the interests of workers.
“The State Labor Inspectorate (GIT) receives a lot of complaints due to the fact that workers sign up to receive one amount, but in fact they are paid less money in cash,” the agency said at the end of 2021, hoping that the new procedure will help to end abuse. “When it comes to cash payments, in such cases it is difficult to protect the rights of workers, it is not easy to prove that the employer did not pay them all the money.”
Meanwhile, experts fear that the transition to the new rules for issuing salaries will be difficult for rural areas and even for small towns where there are not enough ATMs. Currently, in 91 settlements of the country, a little more than a thousand ATMs have been installed, which allow you to withdraw salaries from a bank card.
Source: Rosbalt
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