- While bills seeking job reservations for locals don’t stand the test of law, industry can’t ignore the wider issues
- Such bills do set a tone. The broader message some in industry feel is to make sincere efforts to hire additional native workers in some sectors since not all migrants are skilled
NEW DELHI : In a large industrial park in Haryana’s Bahadurgarh, a supplier of zinc and aluminium die cast parts runs a busy plant. The company’s 150 staffers produce, polish and pack parts of security locks, sanitary and decorative hardware. Only about two per cent of the workers are native to Haryana.
Why are so few locals employed by the company? The company’s owner, who didn’t want to be identified because labour inspectors would come knocking, listed many reasons: workers from the state are inflexible; they don;t want to do overtime, and at the drop of a hat, they can create chaos, demand more money, fight.
Source: livemint
