Tomas Davulis

From 1993–1998, he attended the Faculty of Law of Vilnius University, specialising in Labour Law and Social Security. The title of his paper was Collective Agreements under German Law. From 2000–2001, he attended the Faculty of Law of the University of Freiburg in Germany, pursuing his Legum Magister (LL.M.). The title of his thesis was Impact of the European Labour Law on the Law of EU-Candidate Countries: Case Lithuania. He graduated summa cum laude. From 2000–2002, he was a doctoral student at Vilnius University. The title of his doctoral thesis was Problems of Integrating of Lithuanian Labour Law into the Legal System of European Union.

Early in his career Prof. Davulis worked as a lawyer in Lithuanian Workers’ Union (from 1996 to 1998), later – as a lawyer in Joint Stock Company Lithuanian Exhibitions’ Centre “Litexpo” (from 1996 to 2000). Since 1998 Tomas Davulis has been affiliated with Vilnius University Faculty of Law (starting from the positions of Lecturer, Associate Professor, finally, becoming a Professor in 2013). From 2003 to 2012 he was Vice Dean for international relations and science, since 2012 he is the Dean of Vilnius University Faculty of Law. Additionally, Tomas Davulis is the Head of the Centre for Labour Law (since 2016)[2]. From 2006 to 2016 he was the Head of the Institute for Labour Law; he also was the Head of the Department of Labour Law (from 2006 to 2009).

Prof. Davulis has participated while preparing and amending such laws of the Republic of Lithuania as: Labour Code (2002), Labour Code (2016), Law on the Civil Service (1999), Law on Employment (2016), Law on Works Councils (2004), Law on European Works Councils (2004), Law on Guarantees for Posted Workers (2007) etc. Since 2007 he is a member of European Commission’s Network of Independent Experts to implement labour law directives, since 2004 – a member of European Commission’s Network of Independent Experts to implement equality between men and women in employment sector, he is also a member of European Labour Law Network (a national expert and a member of scientific board)[3]. As a professor at Vilnius University Faculty of Law, Prof. Davulis is always invited to evaluate constitutional amendments proposed by the committees of Seimas (Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania), submits opinions and suggestions on various matters. Notably, Tomas Davulis was the leader of the working group of preparation of the new social model for Lithuania (legislation package was adopted by the Parliament in 2016).

Prof. Davulis is the author of more than 70 publications (including monographs, textbooks on labour law, commentaries on the Labour Code of the Republic of Lithuania). He has vast teaching experience of more than 23 years at Vilnius University Faculty of Law, also has been a visiting lecturer in many institutions throughout the Europe (namely, University of Lodz, Jagiellonian University in Poland, University Paris Ouest Nanterre in France, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg i. Br., J.W.Goethe University Frankfurt am Main in Germany, University of Naples, University of Palermo, University of Cagliari in Italy, Salamanca University in Spain, etc.). Tomas Davulis has conducted seminars on labour law matters for judges, advocates and other practitioners, regularly participates in conferences and is a member of editorial boards of several international legal journals. In 2017 Prof. Davulis was appointed as Foreign Member of Ukrainian Academy of Legal Sciences. As external expert of national (Lithuanian) legal system, European Union law, social protection and human rights he has worked in Moldova, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Georgia. From 2009 to 2015 Tomas Davulis was a Member of the Management Board of EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA).

Tomas Davulis currently holds various positions in professional bodies such as:

• Lithuanian Association of European Law (President since 2013)
• Lithuanian Society for Labour Law and Social Security (Vice President since 2003)
• Government Strategic Analysis Center (Chairman of the Board since 2020)[4]
• Lithuanian Lawyers’ Association (Member of the Board since 2003, former President (2010-2013)) [5]

Former positions include:

• Member of the Lithuanian Bar Examination Commission (2006-2018) (Chairman from 2006 to 2009)
• Member of Lithuanian Judges Candidates’ Examination Commission (2011-2013)

Prof. Davulis speaks five languages: Lithuanian, German, English, French, Russian, also has Polish language basics.

• Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes (Government of the Republic of France, 2018)
• Leadership Award (Lithuanian Business Confederation, 2015)
• Award "Best Business Solution" (Investors' Forum, 2015)

• Dismissal Protection – the position in Lithuania. In: Restatement of labour law in Europe. Vol. III: Dismissal Protection (Eds. Bernd Waas, Guus Heerma van Voss). Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2022 (to be published).
• Savarankiškai dirbančių asmenų teisė į kolektyvines derybas ir teisė į streiką (The right of self-employed to collective bargaining and the right to strike). In: Darbo teisės iššūkiai besikeičiančiame pasaulyje. Liber Amicorum Genovaitė Dambrauskienė. MRU, 2021, p. 41-80.
• Article 10 TFEU: Commentary. In: The Treaty on Functioning of European Union (TFEU): A Commentary (Eds. H.-J. Blanke, S. Mangiameli). Wien: Springer, 2021, p. 281-297.
• Uber and taxis: a comparative law study in Lithuania. Comparative Law Studies (Eds. Rozen Noguellou, David Renders), Larcier, 2018, p. 293-308.
• Lietuvos Respublikos darbo kodekso komentaras (Commentary of the Lithuanian Labour Code). Vilnus: Registrų centras, 2018. 770 p.
• (co-author) Lietuvos teisė 1918 - 2018 m.: šimtmečio patirtis ir perspektyvos (Law of Lithuania 1918 – 2018: experience of the century and perspectives). Vilnius: Mykolo Romerio universitetas, 2017. 888 p.
• (co-author) Lithuanian Public Law. In The Law of the Baltic States / Editors: Tanel Kerikmäe, Kristi Joamets, Jānis Pleps, Anita Rodiņa, Tomas Berkmanas, Edita Gruodytė. Cham: Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2017, 2017. p. 407-470.
• The concept of 'employee': the position in Lithuania. Restatement of labour law in Europe. Vol. I: The concept of employee / edited by Berndt Waas, Guus Heerma van Voss. Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2017, 2017. p. 391-404.
• Новый Трудовой кодекс Литвы. Трудовое и социальное право. Минск : Международный университет «МИТСО». 2017, Вып. 4. p. 40-44.
• Introduction. Labour law reforms in Eastern and Western Europe. In Labour law reforms in Eastern and Western Europe / ed. Tomas Davulis. Brussels: Peter Lang, 2017, 2017. p. 11-17.
• Main features of Lithuanian Labour Law reform 2016. Labour law reforms in Eastern and Western Europe / ed. Tomas Davulis. Brussels: Peter Lang, 2017, 2017. p. 57-81.
• Darbo teisės rekodifikavimas Lietuvoje 2016-2017 m. (The Recodification of Lithuanian Labour Law 2016-2017). Teisė. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2017, T. 104. p. 7-27.
• Darbo teisės pokyčiai Lietuvoje (The Changes of the Lithuanian Labour Law). Lietuvos socialinė raida. Vilnius: Lietuvos socialinių tyrimų centras. 2017, Nr. 6. p. 103-115.
• New forms of employment in Lithuania. In New forms of employment in Europe. Alphen aan den Rijn : Wolters Kluwer, 2016, 2016. p. 115-143.
• Lithuanian labour law in the context of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Studia z zakresu prawa pracy i polityki społecznej. Kraków: Uniwersytet Jagielloński, 2016. p. 291-312.
• Age Discrimination and Labour Law in Lithuania. Age Discrimination and Labour Law. Comparative and Conceptual Perspectives in the EU and Beyond, Kluwer Law International, 2015.
• Directive 2008/95/EC: employer insolvency. EU labour law: a commentary / edited by: Monika Schlachter. Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, 2015, p. 457-489.
• Lithuanian legal system under the influence of European Union law : collection of scientific articles on the influence of European Union law on Lithuanian constitutional, administrative and environment protection, criminal, civil and civil procedure, labour and social protection, finance law. Vilnius: Vilniaus universitetas, 2014, p. 309-340.
• (co-authored with J. Larionova) European Works Council Lithuania. Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, 2013. International Encyclopaedia of Laws: Labour Law and Industrial Relations / ed. Roger Blanplain. Suppl. 396. 75 p.
• Chancen und Risken der Freizügigkeit aus der Sicht der jüngeren Mitgliedstaaten (The Chances and Risks of Free Movement from the point of view of new Member States). Recht der Arbeit. Munich: Verlag C.H. Beck oHG. ISSN 0342-1945. 2012, Heft 5, S.258-262.
• (co-authored with D. Petrylaite) Tackling the economic crisis: labour law in Lithuania. Labour regulation in the 21st century: in search of flexibility and security/edited by Tomas Davulis, Daiva Petrylaitė. Cambridge: Cambridge scholars publishing, 2012, p. 3-17.
• Seksualinio priekabiavimo sąvokos darbo ir baudžiamojoje teisėje (The Definitions of Sexual Harassement in Labour law and in Criminal law). Liber Amicorum Jonas Prapiestis. Nepriklausomos Lietuvos teisė: praeitis, dabartis ir ateitis : recenzuotų mokslinių straipsnių rinkinys. Vilnius: Registrų centras, 2012, p. 419-429.
• (co-authored with D. Petrylaite) Darbo teisės praktikumas (Labour Law Casebook). Vilnius: Registrų centras, 2012.
• Kollektivverträge in postsowjetischem Raum: eine Untersuchung am Beispiel Litauens (Collective Bargaining Agreements in Post-sovie Space: the Case of Lithuania). Tarifrecht in Europa / Alpay Hekimler, Gerhardt Ring (Hrsg.). - (Nomos: Arbeits- und Sozialrecht. Band 120), 2010, p. 185-210.
• Litvanya’da toplu sözleşme sistemi (Collective Bargaining Agreements in Lithuania). Avrupa Birliği üyesi ülkerede ve türkiye’de toplu sözleşme sistemleri/ editor: Alpay Hekimler. Istanbul: Legal, 2010, p. 243-268.
• Либерализация трудового права в Литве: желания и возможности (Liberalisation of Lithuanian labour law: wishes and realities). Международное, российское и зарубежное законодательство о труде и социальном обеспечении: современное состояние (сравнительный анализ) / полд. ред. К.Н. Гусова. Москва: Проспект, 2011. c. 279-291.
• Lietuvos Respublikos darbo kodekso pakeitimai 2009-2010 metais - besikeičianti darbo teisėkūros paradigma (The Changes in Lithuanian labour law 2009-2010 – Changing Paradigm in Labour Legislation). Darbo rinka XXI amžiuje: lankstumo ir saugumo paieškos = Labour market of 21st century: looking for flexibility and security. Vilnius, 2011, p. 227-241.
• Die Entwicklung des litauischen Arbeitsrechts 2009-2010 (The Development of Lithuanian labour law 2009-2010). Europäische Zeitschrift für Arbeitsrecht. ISSN 1865-3030 2011, no 3. p. 427-435.
• Europos Sąjungos darbo teisės atsiradimas ir veikla. Lietuvos darbo teisės raida ir perspektyvos (The birth and development of European Union Labour Law): Liber Amicorum et Collegarum Profesorei Genovaitei Dambrauskienei. Vilnius : Mykolo Romerio universiteto leidykla, 2010. p. 117-149.
• Die Arbeitnehmervertretung in den Unternehmen und Betrieben Litauens = La représentation des salariés dans les enterprises et établissements de la Lituanie (The Representation of Employees in the Undertakings and Establishments of Lithuania). Collection Allemand juridique langues et cultures juridiques et politiques. No. 11. Paris, 2008. 89 p.
• Herausforderungen des litauischen Arbeitsrechts Anfang des 21. Jahrhunderts (The Challenges of 21st Century for the Lithuanian Labour Law). Pracovné právo 21. storočia. Plzeň, 2009, p. 105-120.
• Transposition of European community legislation into Lithuanian labour law: a case study of directive on collective dismissals. Studia zakresu prawa pracy. 2009, p. 151-160.
• Проблемы соотношения национального коллективного трудового права и права Европейского Союза (The Relationship of National Collective Labour Law and European Union Law). Šiuolaikinės darbo teisės ir socialinės apsaugos teisės teorinės problemos: tarptautiniai ir nacionaliniai aspektai. Vilnius, 2009, p. 160-173.
• Litauen: das Konzept der "universallen Arbeitnehmervertretung” (Lithuania: the Concept of “universal representation of Employees”). Das erweiterte Europa: Arbeitnehmerbeteiligung an der Entscheidungsfindung im Unternehmen. Bern, 2009, p. 299-343.
• Įmonės, įstaigos organizacijos vadovo teisinio statuso problema Lietuvos teisėje. (The problem of the legal status of the head of an enterprise, institution or organization in the Lithuanian law). Privatinė teisė: praeitis, dabartis ir ateitis = Private law: past, present and future: liber amicorum Valentinas Mikelėnas. Vilnius, 2008, p. 99-116.
• The fifth anniversary of the new Lithuanian labour code: time to change? The modernization of labour law and industrial relations in a comparative perspective / editor: Roger Blanpain. Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, 2009, p. 355-366.
• Hовеллы трудового кодекса Литовской Pеспублики (Novelties of the Labour Code of the Republic of Lithuania). Конференция, посвященная 100-летию профессора Н. Г. Александрова, 19-20 июня 2008 года. Правоведение, 2008, p. 75-83.
• The cross-broder posting of workers under Lithuanian labour law. Dočasne vyslanie zamestnancov v rami Europskej Unie: vedecke sympozium s medzinarodnou učast’ou, 19. maj, 2008. Trnave, 2008, p. 57-69.
• Die Auswirkungen der Alterung auf die Alterssicherungssysteme in Europa (The Impact of Ageing on the Pension Systems in Europe). Bericht für den europäischen Kongress der internationalen Gesellschaft für das Recht der Arbeit und der sozialen Sicherheit. Freiburg, 16-19 September 2008. 42 p.
• (co-authored with D. Petrylaite, V. Petrylaite) Europos Sąjungos teisės aktų įgyvendinimas Lietuvos darbo teisėje. Monografija (The Implementation of European Union Legislation in the Lithuanian Labour Law. Monograph), Vilnius: Registrų centras, 2008, 492 p.
• Bendrosios rinkos laisvės v. pagrindinės teisės - teisė į streiką Europos Teisingumo Teismo jurisprudencijoje (Freedoms of Common Market vs. Fundamental Rights – the Right to Strike in the Jurisprudence of European Court of Justice). Teisė besikeičiančioje Europoje: Liber Amicorum Pranas Kūris, Vilnius, 2008. p. 131-157.
• Lietuvos darbo teisės modernizavimo perspektyvos (The Modernization Perspectives of Lithuanian Labour Law). Jurisprudencija, 2008, p. 27-33.
• Darbo teisė (Labour Law), 2008, Vilnius. (co-author, 92 pages).
• Darbuotojų komandiravimas į užsienį teikti paslaugų (Posting of Workers in the Framework of Provision of Services). Justitia, 2007, no 4, p. 70-81.
• Įmonės kolektyvinę sutartį sudarančių subjektų problema Lietuvos darbo teisėje (The Problem of the Party to the Collective Bargaining Agreement at an Enterprise level in the Lithuanian Labour Law). Darbo ir socialinės apsaugos teisė XXI amžiuje: iššūkiai ir perspektyvos (Labour and Social Security Law in the XXI Century: Challenges and Perspectives), Vilnius, 2007, p. 445-474.
• Особенности имплементации Директивы 96/71/ЕС о командировании работников в праве Литовской Республики (Peculiarities of Implementation of the Directive 96/71/EC on Posting of Workers in the Legal System of the Republic of Lithuania). Российский ежегодник трудового права. 2006. № 2 / Под ред.: Хохлов Е.Б. - С.-Пб.: Изд. Дом С.-Петерб. гос. ун-та, 2007. c. 616-629.
• Betriebsübergang in Litauen (Transfer of Undertakings in Lithuania). Betriebsübergang in Mittel-, Ost- und Südosteuropa (Transfer of Undertakings in the Middle, East and Southeast Europe). BayME Schriftenreihe Intarnational, München, 2007, p. 162-178.
• Ausgewählte Probleme des kollektiven Arbeitrechts in den baltischen Staaten (Selected Problems of Collective Labour Law in the Baltic States). Festschrift für Manfred Löwisch. ISBN 978-3-86653-034-8. München, 2007, p. 73-87.
• О применении норм трудового права Европейского сообщества в Литве. Современные проблемы трудового права и права социального обеспечения (On the Application of the Labour Legislation of European Community in Lithuania); материалы международной научно-практической конференции (Минск, 22-23 июня, 2006), Минск. 2006. p. 50-57.
• Die Vertretung der Arbeitnehmer auf der betrieblichen Ebene in Litauen (The Representation of Workers’ at Enterprise level). Zeitschrift für Arbeitsrecht, 2006, no 3, p. 493-517.
• Lithuanian Labour Market and EU Enlargement. Transition Studies Review (ISSN 1614-4007). Vol 13, no 1 May 2006, p. 18-22.
• Nekonkuravimo susitarimai Lietuvos darbo teisėje (Non-Competition Agreements in the Lithuanian Labour Law). Juristas (ISSN 1648-7834), 2006, No 4, p. 3-16, No 5, p. 19-24.
• Socialinių partnerių vaidmuo kuriant Europos Bendrijos teisės normas (The Role of the Social Partners in the Law-Making Process of European Community). VU Mokslo darbai: Teisė (ISSN 1392-1274). 2006. Nr. 58. p. 24-53.
• Worker board-level representation in Lithuania. Worker board level representation in the new EU Member States (ed. Social Development Agency; European Trade union Institute). Brussels: ETUI, 2005. p. 67-73.
• Implementation of Directives 75/117/EEC and 79/7/EEC on equal pay for men and women and of Directives 86/378/EEC and 96/97/EC on equal treatment in occupational social security schemes in Lithuania. Bulletin Legal Issues of Gender Equality, No 1/2004, European Commission. p. 46-48.
• Implementation of Directive 92/85/EC on protection of pregnant workers and of Directive 86/613/EEC in Lithuania. Bulletin Legal Issues of Gender Equality, No 2/2005, European Commission. p. 51-54.
• Implementation of Directive 76/207 on Equal Treatment in Employment and Directive 97/80 on the Burden of Proof in Lithuania. Bulletin Legal Issues of Gender Equality, No 1/2005, European Commission. p. 46-49.
• 33 klausimai ir atsakymai apie Europos darbo tarybas (33 FAQs about European Works Councils) (ISBN 9955-9570-7-7). – Vilnius, 2004. p. 4-47.
• Europos Bendrijos darbo teisės įtaka Lietuvos darbo teisei (The Impact of the Labour law of European Community to Lithuanian labour Law). Darbo teisė suvienytoje Europoje (Labour Law in United Europe) (ISBN 9955-9702-0-0). – Vilnius: VU, 2004. p. 104-117.
• Comments on Articles 108-117 Labour Code. Lietuvos Respublikos darbo kodekso komentaras. (Commentary on the Labour Code of Republic of Lithuania) (ISBN 9955-616-00-8) Vol II. Vilnius: Justitia, 2004. p. 75-113.
• (co-authored with J. Usonis) Europos Sąjungos socialinė teisė: norminių teisės aktų rinkinys (The Social Law of European Union: Textbook) (ISBN 9955-557-47-8) – Vilnius: Teisinės informacijos centras, 2004. 856 p.
• Darbo teisė: Europos Sąjunga ir Lietuva. Monografija (Labour Law in European Union and Lithuania. Monograph) (ISBN 9955-557-40-0). – Vilnius: Teisinės informacijos centras, 2004. 352 p.
• Darbuotojų informavimas apie jų darbo sąlygas Europos Bendrijos ir Lietuvos darbo teisėje (The Obligation to inform Employees of their Employment Conditions). Jurisprudencija (ISSN 1392-6195). 2003. No. 40 (32). p. 14-24.
• Lietuvos darbo teisės atitikties Europos Bendrijos teisei problema kolektyvinių atleidimų iš darbo srityje (The Problem of Conformity of Lithuanian Labour Law with the Law of European Communities in the Area of Collective Dismissals). VU Mokslo darbai: Teisė (ISSN 1392-1274). 2003. No. 46. p. 39-52.
• Das Europa-Abkommen mit Litauen und das litauische Arbeitsrecht (The Europe Agreement and the Lithuanian Labour Law). Zeitschrift für internationales und ausländisches Arbeitsrecht (ISSN 0930-861X). 2002, Nr. 4. p. 391-415.
• Die Kompetenz der Europäischen Gemeinschaften für Arbeitsrecht (The Competences of the European Communities in Labour Law). VU Mokslo darbai: Teisė (ISSN 1392-1274). 2001, Nr. 40. p. 65-87.
• Kai kurios darbdavių organizacijų teisinio statuso problemos (Some Problems of the legal status of employers’ organizations). VU Mokslo darbai: Teisė (ISSN 1392-1274). 2001, Nr. 39. p. 8-16.
• Kolektyviniai susitarimai: kolektyvinių darbo santykių reguliavimo problemos (Collective Agreements: the Problems of Regulating industrial Relations). VU Mokslo darbai: Teisė (ISSN 1392-1274). 1999, Nr. 33 (1). p. 1–15.
• (co-authored with I. Nekrosius) Comments on Article 50 of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania. Lietuvos Respublikos Komentaras (Commentary on the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania) (ISBN 9955-9346-1-1). – Vilnius: Teisės institutas, 2000. p. 449-461.
• (co-authored with I. Nekrosius) Employees’ Representation in Enterprises in Lithuania. East West Review of Labour Law and Social Policy (ISSN 1381-5709). 1999, Vol. 9, No. 1. p. 59–83.
• (co-authored with I. Nekrosius) Problems of Collective Negotiations and Collective Agreements. Jagiellonian University Yearbook of Labour Law and Social Policy (ISBN 83-7099-081-9). 1998/1999, Vol. 10. p. 219–230.