Here is the ergonomics legislation from
Lithuania
The information here was collated from publicly available online sources by a team of senior ergonomists for Ergo Global. All information is for general purposes and cannot be considered 1-to-1 legal advice. Ergo Global disclaim any liability relating to the information provided on this page.
To Note
Ergonomics is addressed under Lithuanian occupational safety and health law.
The Duties of
The Employer
Under the Labour Code of the Republic of Lithuania and applicable occupational safety and health legislation, including Lithuanian Hygiene Standard HN 32:2004 (Work with Video Terminals – Safety and Health Requirements), employers must ensure the safety and health of workers at work. This duty includes identifying, assessing and managing ergonomic risks arising from work activities, work organisation and workplace design.
- Carry out and document an occupational risk assessment - Organise and perform an occupational risk assessment to identify risks to employees’ health and safety, including ergonomic risks related to vision, physical and mental strain, posture, workload and work organisation, and implement measures to eliminate or reduce identified risks.
- Address ergonomic risks beyond work with video terminals - Ensure that ergonomic risk assessment and prevention are not limited to work with video terminal devices, but apply across all work activities where musculoskeletal strain, repetitive movements or physical load may occur.
- Manage risks related to work with video terminal devices - For work involving video terminal devices, assess the impact of such work on employees’ health, particularly eyesight, physical and mental strain, and ensure that workplaces comply with the minimum requirements set out in Hygiene Standard HN 32:2004.
- Ensure suitable workplace and workstation design - Ensure that workstations, furniture, equipment, space and lighting are designed and arranged to support correct working posture, reduce fatigue and minimise ergonomic risks.
- Organise work to allow breaks and task variation - Plan work in such a way that work with video terminal devices is periodically interrupted by breaks or changes of activity, with regulated breaks organised in accordance with applicable requirements to reduce strain and fatigue.
- Manage risks related to manual handling and physical load - Identify, assess and reduce risks related to manual handling and physical load, including lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling, in accordance with occupational safety and health requirements.
- Provide information, instruction and training - Ensure that employees receive appropriate training and instruction on occupational safety and health requirements, including ergonomic risks and correct work practices, before starting work and whenever significant changes occur in the workplace.
- Consult and involve workers or their representatives - Keep workers or their representatives informed and consult them on occupational safety and health matters, including ergonomic risks and preventive measures.
- Ensure health surveillance where required - Arrange mandatory initial and periodic health checks for employees working with video terminal devices, particularly relating to eyesight and vision, in accordance with procedures established by the Ministry of Health, and provide special corrective devices where required.
- Address ergonomic risks in remote and home working - Where work is performed remotely or from home, provide guidance on safe workstation setup, require compliance with good ergonomic practices, and organise appropriate assessment measures, such as virtual workstation assessments, to ensure safe and healthy working conditions.
- Ensure data protection and lawful data processing - Ensure that personal and health-related data collected during ergonomic assessments and health surveillance is processed in accordance with the GDPR and Lithuanian data protection law, including restrictions on access, storage and cross-border data transfers.
- Review and update measures - Regularly review and update occupational risk assessments and preventive measures, and revise them whenever changes occur in work organisation, equipment or working conditions that may affect employees’ health or safety.
The Duties of
The Employee
Every employee shall be obliged to follow the requirements of occupational health and safety documents and the occupational health and safety legislation that they were introduced to and trained to implement, and to take care of their own health and safety and that of other workers based on their knowledge and following the instructions of the unit manager or persons representing the employer.
The information on this page comes from...
Law on Safety and Health at Work (Law No. IX-1672)
Labour Code of the Republic of Lithuania
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