PANAJI
The Goa government has decided to seek President of India’s assent to the ‘The Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification Of Vacancies) (Goa Amendment) Bill, 2025’ considering that it is a Central Act.
The Bill, passed by the Goa Legislative Assembly, proposed to increase penalty from Rs 500 to up to Rs 30,000 to deter private companies from issuing job advertisements outside Goa.
The Bill also proposes to seek data from private companies pertaining to jobs likely to be created in the next six months and details of employees recruited.
Congress MLA Adv Carlos Ferreira brought to the notice of the House that the State has no powers to amend the Central law without consent of the President. He said that the Bill will not stand constitutional validity.
Accordingly, CM Pramod Sawant announced to seek President of India’s consent to the Bill. According to the Bill, the companies with up to 50 employees, would be fined Rs 5,000 if found advertising outside Goa in the first instance, Rs 10,000 and Rs 15,000 each on the second and third violation.
The companies having 51 to 100 workforce would attract penalties of Rs 10,000 for the first offence, Rs 15,000 for second and Rs 20,000 for the third offence. For companies with employees’ upto 400 would be liable for penalty of Rs 15,000 for the first violation, Rs 20,000 for second and Rs 25,000 for the third. Larger firms with over 400 employees will face steeper fines, ranging from Rs 20,000 for the first violation to Rs 30,000 for repeat offences.
