An act to provide for a scheme for the payment of gratuity to employees engaged in factories, mines,oilfields, ports, plantations, shops or other establishments and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Every factory, mine, oilfield, plantation, port and railway company
Every shop or establishment with in the meaning of any law for the time being in force in relation to shops and establishments in a state, in which 10 or more persons are employed, or were employed, or any day of the preceding 12 months;
Such other establishments or class of establishments, in which 10 or more employees are employed, on any day of the preceding 12 months, as the central government may, by notification, specify on this behalf
Supreme Court upholds Amendment to Gratuity Act covering Teachers
29 Aug, 2022
The Hon’ble Supreme Court (in Civil Appeal No. 8162 of 2012 decided on 29.08.2022 in the case of Independent Schools Federation of India (Regd.) vs. Union of India and another and other connected Appeals and Writ Petitions) upheld the amendment to the Payment of Gratuity Act.
Clarification for Certificate for Unpaid Amount of Gratuity by Employer
09 Feb, 2022
In order to clarify the query raised on seeking interpretation of Gratuity Recovery under Section 8 of the Act, the Gujarat Labour Department issued a circular.