Haryana State Employment Of Local Candidates Act/Rules

Dear Employer,

Finally the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act has been made applicable from 15th January’2022 with the priority of providing employment to the local youth of the State of Haryana in the private sector.

The salient features and the process defined under the said Act (attached herewith) are enumerated as under:

Private employers in the State employing more than 10 0r more persons, will be mandated to reserve 75% of the jobs with gross monthly wages or salary upto INR 30,000 for the local candidates from Haryana. Local Candidates means persons who are Haryana Resident/Domicile. A person is considered domicile in Haryana if he has been permanently living in Haryana for a period of not less than 5 years or who have permanent house in Haryana but on account of their occupation have been living outside Haryana.(notification attached). Such candidates need to obtain the domicile certificate from the Haryana Govt either online or offline. While obtaining the domicile certificate the candidate needs to ensure that they have a Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) issued under the Haryana Parivar Pehchan Act, 2021.
This provision is applicable going forward & does not apply on the existing employees of the companies in State of Haryana. Therefore, it has no retrospective applicability.
As per Section 3 of the said Act, every employer using its HUM (Haryana Udyam Memorandum) number will be required to register its existing employees receiving gross monthly salary or wages up to INR 30,000/- on the designated portal within 3 months from January 15, 2022. This is irrespective of their domicile status. The designated portal is https://local.hrylabour.gov.in/
The candidates who are seeking employment also need to register themselves on the above designated portal. This is because the employer is required to recruit persons who are registered in this portal.
An employer can initiate any new recruitment process of candidates upto 30K of gross salary after completing the online registration of existing employees.
The employer may exercise his option to restrict the employment of local candidates from any district to 10% of total number of candidates.
The Act also contains the provision for exemption. As per Section 5 of the Act, the employer may claim exemption, where adequate number of local candidates of the desired skill, qualification or proficiency are not available by applying to the Designated Officer.
Every employer shall furnish a quarterly report, with respect to Local Candidates employed and appointed, during the previous quarter by 20th day of the following quarter on the designated portal as per format in Form-III of the Rules (attached herewith).
Every employer shall maintain records and make available for inspection and verification by the Designated Officers / Authorized Officers as the case may be, in digital form as under :-