Daiva Petrylaitė

Daiva Petrylaitė serves as Professor at the Private Law Department within the Law Faculty of Vilnius University, Lithuania, and concurrently holds the leadership position as Head of the Collective Labour Law and Social Partnership Institute under the same faculty. Her academic career is deeply embedded in Vilnius University's legal scholarship ecosystem, where she shapes labor law discourse through institutional leadership and research direction.

Her research program centers on industrial relations, collective labour disputes, the right to strike, social partnership, and social policy, with emphasis on theoretical frameworks and practical implementation. She authored the seminal monograph "Collective Labour Disputes" which critically examines strike action jurisprudence and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in industrial conflicts, establishing foundational insights for Baltic labor law scholarship. Her publications consistently address evolving challenges in worker representation and social dialogue within European labor markets.

Professor Petrylaitė has directly influenced Lithuanian labor legislation through sustained engagement in law-making processes. She served as core member of governmental working groups responsible for drafting pivotal national legislation including:

• Labour Code
• Law on Works Councils
• Law on European Works Councils

This policy involvement demonstrates her commitment to translating academic rigor into functional legal frameworks that balance worker rights with economic realities.

Under her direction, the Collective Labour Law and Social Partnership Institute functions as Lithuania's primary research hub for industrial relations, facilitating multi-stakeholder dialogues between trade unions, employer organizations, and government bodies to address contemporary challenges in labor market governance and social partnership mechanisms.