Legislative amendments will provide for the aggregation of all periods of employment after the UK’s withdrawal from the EU

Press release, 12 April 2019

By unanimous vote of 92 MPs in favour, the Seimas adopted the amendments to the Law on State Social Insurance Pensions (draft Law No XIIIP-3293 (2)) in view of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) from the European Union (EU). The new legislation stipulates that the periods of the social pension insurance record aggregated before the date of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU will be included into the aggregate period of the social pension insurance record in accordance with the procedure set out in the coordination regulations. This would ensure that the pension social insurance record before the UK’s withdrawal from the EU is taken into account when determining pension entitlements and a person retains the earned rights to a pension. The above provision is particularly relevant for the citizens of the Republic of Lithuania who have worked in the UK for quite a long time and might not earn the right to a social insurance pension in Lithuania without the aggregation of insurance periods.

The aforementioned legislation will enter into force on the date of withdrawal of the UK from the EU.

Saulė Eglė Trembo, Chief Specialist, Press Office, Information and Communication Department, tel. +370 5 239 6203, e-mail: [email protected]