Bill renames Employment Exchanges to Guidance Centres, lowers vacancy-notification threshold to 10…

It also updates definitions, expands the scope of covered establishments to those with ten or more employees, and includes the plantation sector.

Who it concerns: Employers in private sector establishments employing ten or more persons, employers in the plantation sector (excluding those owned and managed by individuals), and companies or firms.

What the bill does

• Renames 'Employment Exchanges' to 'Employment Guidance and Promotion Centres' throughout the Act.
• Reduces the threshold for private sector establishments required to notify vacancies from 25 to 10 employees.
• Defines 'plantation' to include commercial crops of perennial nature, bringing this sector under the Act's purview.
• Exempts staff of State Legislatures from the Act's requirements, similar to Parliament staff.
• Requires employers to furnish information on selection results within 30 days of selection.
• Inserts new Section 5A allowing the Government to require establishments with fewer than 25 employees to furnish vacancy returns.
• Specifies penalties for failing to notify vacancies or furnish returns, including fines up to 10,000 rupees and/or imprisonment up to one month.
• Holds companies and their responsible officers liable for offences committed by the company.

Also in the document

• The Bill is an amendment to the Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959.
• It introduces specific penalties for false information or refusal to provide required data.
• It explicitly excludes plantations owned and managed by an individual from the definition of 'plantation' for the purpose of the Act's application.