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Summer flexibility: what employees value and what Baltic employers offer
2026/06/16
Remote work is mainstream. A compressed working week is not. Employers are once again asking people to spend more time in the office. There are understandable reasons for this. It is often easier to build relationships, welcome new colleagues, solve complex problems and learn from each other when people are physically together. But the return-to-office discussion sometimes overlooks an important fact: not everyone ever left the workplace.
Vacation and additional leave in the Baltics: where the law ends and employer choice begins
2026/06/09
When we talk about vacation, many of us automatically think about summer. July, warm weather, family plans and the school-holiday rhythm we grew up with make summer vacation the natural reference point for many employees. Working life does not always follow the same rhythm. Not everyone can take vacation in summer, and not everyone wants to. This is why employer leave practices should be discussed not only in terms of the legal minimum, but also in terms of whether and how employers give people additional time to recover. In this article, we look at what Figure Baltic Advisory’s 2025 compensation survey benefits data shows about vacation and additional leave practices in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
EU Pay Transparency Directive in the Baltics: What Employers Should Expect After 7 June 2026
2026/06/04
The implementation deadline for the EU Pay Transparency Directive is approaching, and employers across Europe are entering a new phase of compensation governance. While discussions continue in several Member States about readiness, administrative burden and possible delays, the European Commission has sent a clear signal: the Directive is not expected to be postponed, suspended or reduced.
Company events as an employee benefit in the Baltics
2026/05/26
Company events are sometimes seen as a “soft” benefit. Something that is organised when there is room in the budget and someone has time to arrange it. In reality, a company event is a much more meaningful tool for leadership and organisational culture. A well-designed company event helps build a sense of belonging, strengthen relationships and make collaboration easier. People do not work only through processes. They work through relationships. Collaboration, trust, the flow of information and the willingness to help each other do not come only from job descriptions or organisational charts. They also come from whether people know each other, whether they feel comfortable reaching out to each other, and whether they feel that they belong to the same “we”.
Employee loyalty is no longer a given
2026/05/22
Employee loyalty can no longer be taken for granted. After years of growth, employee engagement has once again started to decline. Data from the international research and consulting company Gallup show a drop from 23% in 2022 and 2023 to 21% in 2024 and 20% in 2025. Only one in five employees is truly engaged in their work. For organizations, an employment contract, salary and promises of stability are no longer enough. If people do not see meaning in their work, do not trust leadership and cannot understand their future within the organization, loyalty becomes fragile. As a result, employee retention is increasingly becoming the responsibility of individual managers rather than merely an HR policy issue.