As in most other Central and Eastern European countries, given the weakness of collective bargaining, working time standards are almost exclusively defined by statutory' legislation in Lithuania, and employers had been advocating reform in that direction for some time (Cabrita, Galli da Bino and Boehmer, 2016(2]). While normal hours of work remain at 40 hours per week, employers now have significantly more flexibility in setting w'orking time arrangements as a result of the introduction of the possibility of working-time averaging not conditioned on agreement with employee representatives, the introduction of two forms of flexible working hours, the increase in the maximum number of w'orking hours, and the reduction in the notice period for work schedules. While workers could not work more than 48 hours per week and 12 hours a day under the previous code, this remains true for those under the first type of w'orking type arrangement, but has been increased to 52 hours per week in case of working time averaging, and 60 hours per week if there is an agreement between the employer and the worker for additional w ork, that is a work function not included in the employment contract.