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According to him, proposed legal
amendments should be implemented together with a tax reform.
“Let us not turn a blind eye on
why so many working people have left Lithuania – because wages are falling. Are
there no possibilities to raise wages in the private sector?” – Andriukaitis
said in an interview to radio Ziniu
Radijas.
According to the European
commissioner, the perception that workforce may be paid a minimum wage has
resulted in a big emigration wave and the lack of skilled workforce in
Lithuania.
In May, the European Commission
issued recommendations to European Union member states. Lithuania was
recommended to take into account the worsening demographic situation and, as a
result, the changing needs of the education system and the labour market. The
Commission recommended Lithuania to reduce tax burden on the lowest earners and
transfer it to sources whose taxation has lower impact on economic growth.
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