(1) This Act may be called the Maharashtra Private Placement Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2025.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Short title and commencement.
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(a) “employer” means a person who employs, whether directly or through any person or private placement agency, or on his behalf, or on behalf of any person, one or more employees in his establishment ;
(b) “establishment” means any office or place where any industry, trade, business or occupation is carried on ;
(c) “Government” means the Government of Maharashtra ;
(d) “job seeker” means a person seeking work or employment ;
(e) “local office” means any field office of the Skills, Employment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Department or portal established or maintained for implementation of this Act ;
(f) “overseas placement” means placement of a job seeker in employment in foreign countries ;
(g) “placement” means actual appointment of a job seeker in any establishment ;
(h) “placement activities” means activities conducted by private placement agency for the purposes of employment of job seeker, through any medium whether electronically or manually such as publication of advertisement, mobilization of job seeker, collection of application, scrutiny of applications, conducting a training or examination, sponsoring or recommending the names of appropriate job seeker to the employers and to communicate the details of the placement to the local office ;
(i) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act ;
(j) “private placement agency” means a person or body of persons or legal entities other than a Government agency, Government department or Government organization, engaged in the placement activities for job seeker or for any private or public employer within or outside the State of Maharashtra or overseas placement ;
(k) “Registering Authority” means the Registering Authority appointed by the State Government under section 4 ;
(l) “registration certificate” means a registration certificate issued by the Registering Authority under section 4 ;
(m) “service charges” means an amount charged by the private placement agency from an employer or from a job seeker for conducting placement activities or for placement ;
(n) “State Controlling and Monitoring Authority” means the State Controlling and Monitoring Authority appointed by the State Government under section 8.