THE HARYANA STATE EMPLOYMENT OF LOCAL CANDIDATES ACT, 2020

 THE HARYANA STATE EMPLOYMENT OF LOCAL CANDIDATES ACT, 2020  Compliances
Mar 042021
 

The following Act of the Legislature of the State of Haryana received the assent of the Governor of Haryana on the 26th February 2021 and is hereby published for general information

  • This Act may be called the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020
  • It extends to the whole of the State of Haryana
  • It shall come into force on such date, as the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify
  • This Act applies to all the Companies, Societies, Trusts, Limited Liability Partnership firms, Partnership Firm and any person employing ten or more persons and an entity, as may be notified by the Government, from time to time
  • It shall cease to have an effect on the expiry of ten years from the date of its commencement, except as respect to the things to be done or omitted to be done before such cesser, and upon such cesser section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (Central Act 10 of 1897), shall apply as if this Act had then been repealed by a Central or State Act, as the case may be.
  • Employer” means a Company registered under the Companies Act, 2013 (Central Act 18 of 2013) or a Society registered under the Haryana Registration and Regulation of Societies Act, 2012 (1 of 2012) or a Limited Liability Partnership Firm as defined under the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 (Central Act 6 of 2009) or a Trust as defined under the Indian Trust Act, 1882 (Central Act 2 of 1882) or a Partnership Firm as defined under the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 (Central Act 9 of 1932) or any person employing ten or more persons on salary, wages or other remuneration for the purpose of manufacturing or providing any service or such entity, as may be notified by the Government from time to time, but shall not include the Central Government or the State Government or any organization owned by the Central Government or the State Government;
Compulsory registration
  • On and from the date of commencement of this Act, every employer shall register such employees receiving a gross monthly salary or wages not more than fifty thousand rupees or as notified by the Government, from time to time, on the designated portal, within three months of coming into force of this Act
  • Provided that no person shall be employed or engaged by any employer till the registration of all such employees is completed on the designated portal
Recruitment of local candidates.
  • After the commencement of this Act, every employer shall employ seventy-five percent of the local candidates with respect to such posts where the gross monthly salary or wages are not more than fifty thousand rupees or as notified by the Government, from time to time
  • Provided that the local candidates may be from any district of the State, but the employer may, at his option, restrict the employment of local candidates from any district to ten percent of the total number of local candidates
  • Provided further that no local candidate shall be eligible to avail of the benefits under this Act unless he registers himself on the designated portal
Exemption
(1) The employer may claim exemption from the requirement of section 4, where an adequate number of local candidates of the desired skill, qualification or proficiency is not available by applying to the Designated Officer in such form and manner, as may be prescribed.
 (2) The Designated Officer shall, after such inquiry, as he deems fit and after evaluating the attempt made by the employer to recruit local candidates of the desired skill, qualification, or proficiency, may either-
(i) accept the claim of the employer for exemption from the provisions of section 4; or
(ii) reject the claim of the employer for an exemption for reasons to be recorded in writing; or
(iii) direct the employer to train local candidates to achieve the desired skill, qualification, or proficiency.
 (3) Every order made by the Designated Officer under sub-section (2), shall be placed on the website of the Government.
Employer to furnish report
 
Every employer shall furnish a quarterly report, by such date, as may be notified by the government in the Official Gazette, of the local candidates, employed and appointed during that quarter on the designated portal in such form, as may be prescribed
Penalties
Section 3 (Compulsory registration)

If any employer contravenes the provisions of section 3 of this Act or of any rules made thereunder or of any order in writing given thereunder, he shall be guilty of an offense punishable with the penalty which shall not be less than twenty-five thousand rupees but which may extend to one lakh rupees and if the contravention is still continued after conviction, with a further penalty which may extend to five hundred rupees for each day till the time contravention is so continued.

Section 4 (Recruitment of local candidates)

if any employer contravenes provisions of section 4 or of any rules made thereunder or of any order in writing given thereunder, he shall be guilty of an offense punishable with the penalty which shall not be less than fifty thousand rupees but which may extend to two lakh rupees and if the contravention is still continued after conviction, with a further penalty which may extend to one thousand rupees for each day till the time contravention is so continued.

Section 5(Exemption)

If any employer disobeys any order in writing made by the Designated Officer under section 5, he shall be guilty of an offense punishable with the penalty which shall not be less than ten thousand rupees but which may extend to fifty thousand rupees and if the contravention is still continued after conviction, with a further the penalty which may extend to one hundred rupees for each day till the time contravention is so continued.

Notification:- THE HARYANA STATE EMPLOYMENT OF LOCAL CANDIDATES ACT, 2020

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