Haryana Labour Department releases clarifications/ FAQs on the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020

The Labour Department of Haryana has published Frequently Asked Questions on the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020 (“Act”):

Key Highlights:

1. The Haryana State Legislative Assembly has passed the Act with a view to provide 75% employment to local candidates in new employments in various companies, societies, trusts, and limited liability partnership firms situated in the state of Haryana. This is applicable for local candidates for all jobs with monthly gross salary or wages not exceeding Rs 30,000/-;

2. Employers are required to employ 75 per cent local candidates in new employments for the posts where the gross monthly salary or wages are not more than Rs.30,000 or as notified by the government from time to time. The legislature is not intended to achieve a situation where 75% of the entire workforce will be from Local Candidates. The Act applies to new recruitments only i.e. not with retrospective effect;

3. The Act applies to all the ‘Employers’ of the State of Haryana, which are as under –

• All companies, partnership firms, societies, trusts and limited liability partnership firms,
• any person / employer engaging 10 or more employees in any trade /business/ manufacturing / enterprises.

4. All employers in the private sector in the State of Haryana are required to provide 75% employment of new jobs to the local candidates (candidates who have a domicile in the State) for the job, where salary / wages are not more than Rs. 30,000/-;

5. All employers are required to register their existing employees on the designated portal within a period of three months commencing from 15.01.2022; an employer can initiate any new recruitment process after completing online registration of existing employees. For this purpose, Designated Portal may be visited which is specially designed for this purpose and the information may be provided;

6. Employers may claim an exemption from providing 75% employment in new jobs to locals if adequate number of local candidates of desired skill, qualification, or proficiency are not available for the said category of jobs;

7. Employers are required to furnish a quarterly report on the designated portal and mention details of local candidates employed and appointed during that period. The reports furnished by the employer will be scrutinized by the authorized officers not below the rank of Sub-Divisional Officers.

Source: Labour Department of Haryana