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The problems of introduction of flexible work forms into Lithuanian labour law are analysed in the paper. Firstly, the research analyses the grounds for separation of employment relationship and independent contractors in civil relationship as it is established in legal provisions and court practice of the Republic of Lithuania. Secondly, the article also discusses theoretical and practical issues one may face when applying various types of employment contracts, refers to specific legal relations governed by Lithuanian Labour Code standards. Last decades as globalization processes were gaining pace, and market economy conditions changed, labour and production organization models were undergoing transformation. The more complex people’s social relationships are, the greater is the need to regulate these relationships, i. e. to adopt legislation that would create pre-conditions for addressing social interest conflicts2. Thus a need has arisen for a new legal regulation because new activity models do not fit into traditional relationships governed by labour law. Along standard employment relationship, non-standard relationships occur in the market. In 2003 the Ministry of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania issued recommendations for employers on flexible work organisation forms and indicated reasons for the organisation of flexible work forms: the nature of work and employee’s demographic and social characteristics; fulfilment of family duties; health condition; unfavourable work environment; employee’s age; studying and studies.

The aim of this article is to define the Lithuanian pension system model and implemented reforms following to the recommendations of European institutions and international organizations. Problems of the Lithuanian pension system are similar to the others European Union countries; therefore international organizations recommendations and indications for future reforms should be evaluated and implemented. The pension system reform of 2003 raised the wide discussion on the state social pension insurance system future development of Lithuania. This reform clearly demonstrates that the government opted for a liberal position - funded pension system’s participants on a voluntary basis (but actively promoting) has a possibility to transfer a part of the state social insurance contributions into private pension funds.

In this article we discussing about the investments planning and about the potential threats to the investments safety. Traditionally, as we already know that politic and economic are inextricably linked. We can easily assure in it using the historical overview of the political and economic interactions. So the question: how the investments planning and the investment safety are depending from political environment. Does the investor which plans foreign investment have to be interested in the political situation of that particular country, i.e. interaction and interrelation of politics and economics in it? Is such information necessary and helpful? The answer is that such information is necessary and significantly helps in evaluating perspectives and risks of the would-be investment. In this we are disclosed one from the method aspects, which assumptions suggested and discussed in this paper, are made according to the summaries of public surveys and research results of sociologists, political scientists and psychologists of different countries. Also we mention need to have orientation in current situation and understand the current processes in the world and in select country. How this is important, currently, we clearly can see that in the South Eastern bloc’s and in the North African’s countries, where are the tensions and the conflicts, which began to threaten to the safety of investments. And in addition the global crisis (which is known as financial still now) processes which are disturbing and causes to think about the most immediate threats and their forecasts to investors. Here was discussed about the subject of a new evaluation methodology, which makes it possible to make certain estimates of the investment safety, also takes into account the economic and political interactions.