OSCE/ODIHR Opinion on the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on the Seimas Ombudsmen 6) adopt decisions concerning the in-service training of civil servants and other employees of the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office; 7) impose disciplinary penalties on the civil servants and other employees of the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office; 8) organize the preparation and submitting to the Seimas of an annual report on the activities of the Seimas Ombudsmen. 4. The head of the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office shall issue orders on the issues falling within his competence. CHAPTER V GUARANTEES OF THE SEIMAS OMBUDSMEN’S ACTIVITIES, OTHER GUARANTEES Article 29. Remuneration for Work and Social Guarantees of the Seimas Ombudsmen 1. The amount of remuneration of and conditions of payment to the Seimas Ombudsmen shall be established by the Law on the Remuneration of State Politicians and State Officials. 2. The Seimas Ombudsmen shall be insured by the state social insurance in the manner prescribed by the Law on State Social Insurance. 3. The Seimas Ombudsman shall be entitled to the annual leave of 28 calendar days. The Seimas Ombudsman whose length of service in the public service in the state of Lithuania is over five years shall be granted 3 additional calendar days of annual leave for each subsequent three years of service; however, the aggregate duration of the annual leave shall not exceed 42 calendar days. 4. Upon the expiry of his term of office the Seimas Ombudsman shall be paid a gratuity on discharge in the amount of 2 monthly wages. The Seimas Ombudsman who is dismissed when he is incapable to continue in office for health reasons shall receive a gratuity on discharge in the amount of 3 monthly wages. Upon the death of the Seimas Ombudsman his family shall be paid a death benefit in the amount of the Ombudsman’s 3 monthly wages. The above benefits shall be paid from the State budget appropriations allocated to the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office. Gratuity on discharge shall not be payable when the Seimas Ombudsman is dismissed at his own request or when the judgement of conviction passed on 33

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