Bare Act
The Haryana Essential Services Maintenance Act, 1974
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This law regulates employment deemed essential to public safety, health, sanitation, and the supply of necessary services within the State of Haryana. It applies to all government employees and any other employment class the government specifically designates as vital for community life. The Act empowers the government to prohibit strikes in these sectors by issuing orders for up to six months, ensuring stability during critical periods, while also making it an offense to disobey lawful orders or abandon essential work. Its main purpose is to prevent disruption to vital services that communities rely on to survive and function safely.
- 1. Short title and extent.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Employment to which Act applies.
- 4. Power to order persons engaged in certain employment to remain in specified areas.
- 4A. Power to prohibit strike.
- 5. Offences.
- 6. Regulation of wages and conditions of service.
- 7. Penalties and procedure.
- 8. Indemnity.
- 9. Over-riding effect of orders, rules, etc. made under the Act.
- 10. Repeal.
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