Annex 1: main transposition and anti-discrimination legislation

• Author: Sabatauskait?, Birut?
• Pages: 130-131

130

ANNEX 1: MAIN TRANSPOSITION AND ANTI-DISC RIMINATION LEGISLATIO N

Country: Lithuania

Date: 31 December 2019

Title of the law: La w on Equal Treatment

Abbreviation: LET

Date of adoption: 18.11.2003

Latest relevant amendment: 11.12.2018

Entry into force: 01.01.2005

Web link: https://www.e-tar.lt/portal/lt/legalAct/TAR.0CC6CB2A9E42/asr

Grounds covered: gend er, race, “nationality”,370 citizenship, language, o rigin, social

status, belief, convicti ons or views, age, sexu al orientation, disability, ethnic origin or

religion

Civil/administrative law

Material scope: privat e and public employment, access to goods or services (including

housing), education

Principal content: The main national law, implementing Directives, pro

hibition of direct

and indirect discrimination, harassment, instruction to discriminate and regulati

on of

competences of a specialised b ody

Title of the law: Law on Equal Opport unities for Women and Men

Abbreviation: LEOWM

Date of adoption: 01.12.1998

Latest relevant amendment: 11.05.2017

Entry into force: 01.03.1999

Web link: https://www.e-tar.lt/portal/lt/legalAct/TAR.746227138BCB/asr

Grounds covered: gender

Civil/administrative law

Material scope: empl oyment, access to goods or services, educa tion,

social protection,

including social security

Principal content: prohibition of direct an d indirect discrimination, harassment based on

gender, sexual harassment and instruction to discriminate

Title of the law: Law on Social Integrat ion of People with Disabilities

Abbreviation: LSIPD

Date of adoption: 28.11.1991

Latest relevant amendm ent: 18.10.2018

Entry into force: 31.12.1991

Web link: https://www.e-tar.lt/portal/lt/legalAct/TAR.199156E4E004/ToFjWDnFJH

Grounds covered: Disability

Civil/administrative law

Material scope: private and public employment, access to goods or services (including

housing), education, social protection

Principal content: Proh ibition of discrimination on the ground of disability, various

measures on social inclusion, provision of services etc.

Title of the law: Labour Code

Abbreviation: LC

Date of adoption: 14.09.2016

Latest relevant amendment: 20.12.2018

Entry into force: 01.07.2017

Web link:

https://www.e-tar.lt/portal/lt/legalAct/f6d686707e7011e6b969d7ae07280e89/asr

370 The term used in the LET is tautyb, which refers to belonging to a national m inority and is not used with

the meaning of ‘citizenship’.