Trends of activities of the Committee on Social Affairs and Labour shall be:
1) to consider and present proposals pertaining to the formation of a State social policy in line with the European Union criteria of social development and the standard of living;
2) to consider the draft budget of the State social insurance fund presented by the Government for approval, and to submit conclusions during its consideration in the Seimas concurrently with the consideration of the draft State Budget of the Republic of Lithuania;
3) to exercise general and continuous control of the execution of the budget of the State social insurance fund;
4) to draft laws and other legal acts, and proposals on the issues of social security and labour;
5) to prepare and present conclusions on the laws which exercise influence on real income, social provision and the standard of living of the population;
6) to draft laws regulating employment, labour relations, social care and housing of the population, and to present conclusions relative to the drafts of the said laws and other legal acts referred to the committee for consideration;
7) to co-ordinate the work of the interested State institutions and other organisations in drafting laws on the issues within the competence of the committee;
8) to exercise parliamentary control of social security institutions, and to submit proposals and recommendations for the improvement of the activities thereof.
