Short-term work exempted from job law: Haryana Deputy CM

Chandigarh, January 18

Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala has said that the new startups and new IT/ITES companies will be given exemption for two years under the “Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020”. Apart from this, short-term (45 days) works will be exempted from this act.

Open to talks with industry

The govt had decided to give 75% quota to the state youth in the private sector. On opposition against the Act, a solution will be found after talks with the industrial bodies that had filed a plea in court. Dushyant Chautala, dy cm

Chautala made this announcement during a “Meet the Press” programme held at the Chandigarh Press Club today.

Giving details of the exemption given in the Act, the Deputy CM said in addition to the sowing of crops, embroidery, primary works related to fruits, vegetables, tea leaves, coffee, fish, animals etc. also taken up under the ‘Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act’. ‘2020’ were exempted. Exemptions had also been given to domestic servants and those industries for which skilled workers were not available.

Dushyant added that this law came into force in the state from the midnight of January 15 and would be applicable to industries having more than 10 employees. He said the companies were continuously getting themselves registered on the portal of the Labour Department. So far more than 22,000 companies had got their registration done and 3,280 youths had also got themselves registered from across the state.

Regarding the propaganda being done by the opposition against the Act, he said in the year 2008-09, many such incidents took place in big industries due to which local youths were deprived of employment. He said the “Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020” was opposed politically and non-politically as well, but we did not stop in the interest of the youth. He said we would find a solution after discussing it with the industry associations that had filed a petition in the court. —