Working-time rules

Working-time rules in Lithuania

What the law says in Lithuania about rest, hours, breaks, night work and workers under 18, with the provision behind each figure, and what helloswap checks when a shift is planned, swapped or taken.

The figures for adults

Each figure is the law's, with the number of its source. The last column says what helloswap does with a shift that breaks it.

RuleWhat the law saysIn helloswap
Rest between two shiftsAt least 11 hours in a row1Blocks the shift
Longest working dayAt most 12 hours of work2Blocks the shift
Longest single weekNever more than 60 hours in one week3Blocks the shift
Average working weekAt most 48 hours a week on average over 13 weeks45Blocks the shift
Weekly rest35 hours in a row every week1Warning
BreakAt least 30 minutes when the working day is longer than 5 hours6Warning
Night period22:00 to 06:007Definition
Night workSomeone who normally works at least 3 hours of the day in the night period is a night worker9Definition
Limit for night workAt most 8 hours on average in every twenty-four hours, over 13 weeks8Blocks the shift

Workers under 18

Someone who is under 18 on the day of the shift gets these figures. helloswap goes by the date of birth on the person's profile. An empty cell means the law has no figure there that this page can state.

RuleUnder 15Age 15Ages 16–17In helloswap
Rest between two shifts14 hours1014 hours1112 hours12Blocks the shift
Longest working day2 hours on a school day136 hours on a day without school136 hours on a day without school142 hours on a school day148 hours15Blocks the shift
Longest working week12 hours in a school week1330 hours in a week without school1312 hours in a school week1430 hours in a week without school1440 hours15Blocks the shift
No work between20:00 and 06:001620:00 and 06:00161722:00 and 06:0018Blocks the shift
Weekly rest2 days off a week192 days off a week192 days off a week19Blocks the shift
Break30 minutes when the day is longer than 4 hours2030 minutes when the day is longer than 4 hours2030 minutes when the day is longer than 4 hours20Warning
  • Where the law has one figure for school days or school weeks and another for free days or holidays, the first figure in the cell is the one helloswap applies, every day and every week. It does not know which days are school days.
  • Here a young worker's break counts as working time, so it is not taken off before the longest day and week are measured.
  • Weekly rest is measured over the 7 days up to the shift.
  • helloswap does not check whether someone of a given age may be employed at all, or in which kind of work.

What stands out in Lithuania

  • A young worker's break counts as working time.

How helloswap applies them

The law's figure is one thing, the check another. Where the two differ, it says so here.

Rest between two shifts
helloswap measures from the end of one shift to the start of the next. A shift that leaves less than 11 hours is not saved.
Longest working day
One shift may hold at most 12 hours of work. The company's unpaid break is taken off first when the shift is long enough to need a break.
Longest single week
helloswap adds up the shifts of the company's week, from start to end, and does not save a shift that takes the week over 60 hours.
Average working week
The hours are added up over 13 weeks and divided by the number of weeks. Shifts on days of approved leave are not counted. A shift that takes the average over 48 hours is not saved.
Weekly rest
helloswap looks at the 7 days up to the shift and gives a warning when they hold no rest of at least 35 hours in a row. A rest that began before those days counts in full.
Break
helloswap compares the 30 minutes with the break length the company has set and gives a warning when a shift longer than 5 hours has a shorter one.
Night period
The hours that count as night for adults, where no agreement sets others. Workers under 18 have hours of their own, in their own table.
Night work
The law speaks of someone who normally works like this. helloswap goes by the shift: every shift that meets it is treated as a night shift.
Limit for night work
The law averages a night worker's working time over all the days of the period. helloswap is stricter: it averages the length of the person's night shifts over the last 13 weeks and does not save a shift that takes that average over 8 hours.

What blocks a shift, and what only warns

The split is the product's own and the same for every company.

Blocks: the shift is not saved

Nobody can override these, whether a manager plans the shift, someone takes it from the swap board or it is part of a swap.

  • Rest between two shifts
  • Longest working day
  • Longest single week
  • Average working week
  • Limit for night work
  • The figures for workers under 18, except the break

Warns: the manager decides

The shift can still be saved. The warning names the rule and says why.

  • Weekly rest
  • Break
  • The break for workers under 18

A collective agreement or a sector exception?

These are the figures a company in Lithuania starts with, on every plan. On the Enterprise plan a company admin can change each of them in Settings, on the Compliance rules tab, to follow a collective agreement or a sector exception.

Sources

Every figure on this page carries the number of the provision it was read in. The links go to the official text.

  1. Lietuvos Respublikos darbo kodeksas (Labour Code, approved by Law XII-2603), consolidated version valid 2026-06-07 to 2026-10-31 (Seimas legislation register, e-seimas.lrs.lt)122 straipsnio 2 dalies 3 punktas
  2. Lietuvos Respublikos darbo kodeksas (Labour Code, approved by Law XII-2603), consolidated version valid 2026-06-07 to 2026-10-31 (Seimas legislation register, e-seimas.lrs.lt)114 straipsnio 2 punktas
  3. Lietuvos Respublikos darbo kodeksas (Labour Code, approved by Law XII-2603), consolidated version valid 2026-06-07 to 2026-10-31 (Seimas legislation register, e-seimas.lrs.lt)114 straipsnio 2 ir 4 punktai
  4. Lietuvos Respublikos darbo kodeksas (Labour Code, approved by Law XII-2603), consolidated version valid 2026-06-07 to 2026-10-31 (Seimas legislation register, e-seimas.lrs.lt)114 straipsnio 1 punktas
  5. Lietuvos Respublikos darbo kodeksas (Labour Code, approved by Law XII-2603), consolidated version valid 2026-06-07 to 2026-10-31 (Seimas legislation register, e-seimas.lrs.lt)113 straipsnio 1 dalis; 119 straipsnio 3 dalis
  6. Lietuvos Respublikos darbo kodeksas (Labour Code, approved by Law XII-2603), consolidated version valid 2026-06-07 to 2026-10-31 (Seimas legislation register, e-seimas.lrs.lt)122 straipsnio 2 dalies 2 punktas
  7. Lietuvos Respublikos darbo kodeksas (Labour Code, approved by Law XII-2603), consolidated version valid 2026-06-07 to 2026-10-31 (Seimas legislation register, e-seimas.lrs.lt)117 straipsnio 1 dalis
  8. Lietuvos Respublikos darbo kodeksas (Labour Code, approved by Law XII-2603), consolidated version valid 2026-06-07 to 2026-10-31 (Seimas legislation register, e-seimas.lrs.lt)117 straipsnio 3 dalis
  9. Lietuvos Respublikos darbo kodeksas (Labour Code, approved by Law XII-2603), consolidated version valid 2026-06-07 to 2026-10-31 (Seimas legislation register, e-seimas.lrs.lt)117 straipsnio 2 dalies 1 punktas
  10. Lietuvos Respublikos darbuotojų saugos ir sveikatos įstatymas (Law on Safety and Health at Work, IX-1672), consolidated version valid 2026-10-01 to 2026-12-31 (e-seimas.lrs.lt)36 straipsnio 10 dalies 3 punktas
  11. Lietuvos Respublikos darbuotojų saugos ir sveikatos įstatymas (Law on Safety and Health at Work, IX-1672), consolidated version valid 2026-10-01 to 2026-12-31 (e-seimas.lrs.lt)2 straipsnio 25 ir 32 dalys; 36 straipsnio 10 dalies 3 punktas
  12. Lietuvos Respublikos darbuotojų saugos ir sveikatos įstatymas (Law on Safety and Health at Work, IX-1672), consolidated version valid 2026-10-01 to 2026-12-31 (e-seimas.lrs.lt)36 straipsnio 10 dalies 4 punktas
  13. Lietuvos Respublikos darbuotojų saugos ir sveikatos įstatymas (Law on Safety and Health at Work, IX-1672), consolidated version valid 2026-10-01 to 2026-12-31 (e-seimas.lrs.lt)36 straipsnio 3 dalis
  14. Lietuvos Respublikos darbuotojų saugos ir sveikatos įstatymas (Law on Safety and Health at Work, IX-1672), consolidated version valid 2026-10-01 to 2026-12-31 (e-seimas.lrs.lt)2 straipsnio 32 dalis; 36 straipsnio 3 dalis
  15. Lietuvos Respublikos darbuotojų saugos ir sveikatos įstatymas (Law on Safety and Health at Work, IX-1672), consolidated version valid 2026-10-01 to 2026-12-31 (e-seimas.lrs.lt)36 straipsnio 4 dalis
  16. Lietuvos Respublikos darbuotojų saugos ir sveikatos įstatymas (Law on Safety and Health at Work, IX-1672), consolidated version valid 2026-10-01 to 2026-12-31 (e-seimas.lrs.lt)36 straipsnio 9 dalies 1 punktas
  17. Lietuvos Respublikos darbuotojų saugos ir sveikatos įstatymas (Law on Safety and Health at Work, IX-1672), consolidated version valid 2026-10-01 to 2026-12-31 (e-seimas.lrs.lt)2 straipsnio 32 dalis; 36 straipsnio 9 dalies 1 punktas
  18. Lietuvos Respublikos darbuotojų saugos ir sveikatos įstatymas (Law on Safety and Health at Work, IX-1672), consolidated version valid 2026-10-01 to 2026-12-31 (e-seimas.lrs.lt)36 straipsnio 9 dalies 2 punktas
  19. Lietuvos Respublikos darbuotojų saugos ir sveikatos įstatymas (Law on Safety and Health at Work, IX-1672), consolidated version valid 2026-10-01 to 2026-12-31 (e-seimas.lrs.lt)36 straipsnio 10 dalies 1 punktas
  20. Lietuvos Respublikos darbuotojų saugos ir sveikatos įstatymas (Law on Safety and Health at Work, IX-1672), consolidated version valid 2026-10-01 to 2026-12-31 (e-seimas.lrs.lt)36 straipsnio 10 dalies 2 punktas
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