Public Employment Service (Lithuania)

The Public Employment Service (Lithuanian: Užimtumo tarnyba), is a government agency in Lithuania organized under the Ministry of Social Security and Labour and serving as the public employment service.

Public Employment Service

Užimtumo tarnyba
Headquarters of the Public Employment Service in Vilnius
Executive Agency overview
Formed	1 March 1991; 34 years ago (1991-03-01)
Jurisdiction	Lithuania
Headquarters	Geležinio Vilko g. 3A, 03131 Vilnius
Employees	1 234[1]
Executive Agency executive	Inga Balnanosienė, Director
Parent Ministry	Ministry of Social Security and Labour
Website	uzt.lt

The agency should help facilitate meetings and bring together employers with job seekers, especially those who are long-term unemployed and have particular difficulties in finding work. In addition to this, the agency should work to increase employment in the long term.^[2] This is primarily done by providing active support to companies in the recruitment process, facilitating meetings at the agency's premises and providing free searchable database.^[3] Until 2018, the agency was called the Labour Exchange (Lithuanian: Darbo birža), but it was then reformed and renamed.

See also

• Ministry of Social Security and Labour (Lithuania)
• Jobcentre Plus