Industry may move court against Haryana's 'restrictive' job reservation law

Law mandating 75 per cent reservation of jobs in the private sector for locals will hit small businesses hard.

Companies in the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector may legally challenge the Haryana government’s new law which mandates 75 per cent reservation of jobs in the private sector for locals. 

“We had earlier gone to the high court against this law, but the court said that it would hear the matter after the law was notified,” said Manoj Tyagi, general secretary, IMT Industrial Association. 

Industries and associations feel that the law will not benefit the state and will hit MSMEs that are just coming out of the crippling effects of the lockdowns owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

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