Haryana Govt to bring ordinance to amend contract staff Act

The Haryana Cabinet on Saturday approved the decision to bring an ordinance for further amending the Haryana Contractual Employees (Security of Service) Act, 2024.

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Under this amendment, the phrase "in a calendar year" will be replaced with "during a period of one year of contractual service”. The amendment is being introduced to address requests raised by contractual employees regarding the calculation of their service days.

Currently, employees have requested that the 240-day service requirement be calculated based on the actual number of days during one year of contractual service, instead of a calendar year. The current system posed challenges for employees who joined between May and December, as the service days for their first year of employment were not being fully counted. For instance, employees whose date of joining falls after May and before December would not meet the 240-day service requirement for their first calendar year of service, thus affecting their job security.

In addition, for 2024, employees raised concerns as the number of days until the cut-off date of August 15, 2024, is only 227, which falls short of the required 240 days.

The Haryana Cabinet has therefore approved the amendment to consider 240 days of service during one year of contractual service to ensure job security for contractual employees.

Under the Haryana Contractual Employees (Security of Service) Act, 2024, the benefit of job security is admissible to those contractual employees who fulfill the five years of contractual service before August 15, 2024.

The Haryana Cabinet has also approved the extension of the Haryana Logistics, Warehousing & Retail Policy, 2019 along with the schemes notified under it till the new Haryana Logistics, Warehousing & Retail Policy is notified.

The Haryana Logistics, Warehousing & Retail Policy, 2019 offers various fiscal incentives to reduce the cost of doing business and to promote investments in the logistics, warehousing and retail sector in Haryana. The units are supported through incentives on Investment - Capital Subsidy, Interest Subsidy, Stamp Duty reimbursement, EDC reimbursement, and electricity duty exemption along with support on capacity building.