Legal provisions of the Republic of Lithuania on conditions of worker accommodation when provided by employers to workers in a non-permanent workplace

The temporary residential premises provided to employees by employers due to workplace mobility must meet minimum comforts and hygiene requirements.

Comfort and hygiene requirements for temporary worker accommodation shall be established in ‘The regulations on setting up workplaces at construction sites’ approved by the Minister of the Social Security and Labour and other legislation regulating hygiene requirements for residential premises.

Premises for workers’ rest areas and/or accommodation at construction sites: taking into consideration the long distance from the place of residence to the construction site, nature of work and number of workers, premises for rest areas and/or accommodation must be easily accessible to workers; taking into consideration the number of workers, such premises should be spacious enough and furnished with a proper number of tables and chairs; residential premises for worker accommodation with the exception of those reserved for exceptional cases must be equipped with a proper number of sanitary installations, with a dining room and a rest area; the residential premises must be equipped with beds, cabinets, tables and chairs based on the number of workers; when allocating accommodation, female and male needs have to be taken into account; rest areas and/or residential premises must ensure protection of non-smokers against tobacco fumes.

The Lithuanian Hygiene Standard HN 42-2009 ‘Micro climate parameters in the premises of residential and public buildings’ provides for the micro climate parameters in the premises of residential and public buildings and general requirements for measurement and control of micro climate parameters. Other hygiene standards approved by orders of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Lithuania might provide for special thresholds for micro-climate parameters of certain premises and must be followed in such cases.
The micro climate parameters of residential premises are as follows: air temperature, temperature differences, relative humidity and air movement speed. Their threshold values:

Seasonal work
A third-country national planning to do seasonal work in the Republic of Lithuania must have proper accommodation with a residential area per person of at least 7 m2. The State Labour Inspectorate shall oversee whether accommodation procured for a non-national during the period of a permit to do seasonal work is in line with this requirement.