Transcript Main economic and social indicators of Lithuania 2013

LITHUANIAN TRADE UNION OF HEALTH CARE
EMPLOYEES
Dalia Juskeviciene
2014
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 2013 - 18 percent.
 In 2013 gross domestic product (GDP) amounted to EUR 34600
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.
Main economic and social indicators of Lithuania 2013
 In 2013, the unemployment rate stood at 11.8 per cent which
was by 1.6 percentage points less than in 2012.
 The long-term unemployment rate stood at 5.2 per cent and
was by 1.5 percentage points lower than in 2012.
 In 2013, against 2012, the youth (aged 15–24) unemployment
rate dropped by 4.8 percentage points and stood at 21.9 per cent.
 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
7 representatives
of employees,
one of them
7 representatives
of employers
LTUHCE
7 representatives
of Government
The Tripartite Agreement on solving social, economic and employment,
education or training problems in health system of Lithuania in 2014
(signed on February, 2014)
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.):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYuP3VDSrQk
Lietuvą pristatantis filmas (8 min.):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_baiTuFJWo
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