Gratuity payment
mehul mishra
(Querist) 25 July 2012
This query is : Resolved
Dear sir,
I was working with a manufacturing company indore, since last 10 years, and from my joining the service total employees were more than 30 but at the time of leaving the service there were only 6 employee since last 2-3 years. in this case please advice me that whether i am entitle for gratuity, at the same time, employer is refusing to pay the gratuity and stating that there are no working employees more than 10.
kindly reply this issue.
Sailesh Kumar Shah
(Expert) 25 July 2012
Section 1(3A) says that "A shop or establishment to which this Act has become applicable shall continue to be governed by this Act notwithstanding that the number of persons employed therein at any time after it has become so applicable falls below ten."
So, you are eligible for gratuity.