Allahabad High Court: A single judge bench consisting of Justice Abdul Moin dismissed a writ petition filed under Article 226. The Court noted that the Controlling Authority under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 is statutorily designated to resolve such gratuity related disputes that require factual enquiries. He argued that his service from 1984, including his daily wager years, constituted …
The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash an order passed by the Controlling Authority/ Appellate Authority under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, which directed government bodies to pay gratuity amount claimed by former employees from the time they were employed as daily wage earners till their employment was regularised. Second contention is that respondent No.1 were employees within …
A parliamentary Standing Committee has recommended that the existing regulation of the five-year period of continuous service for gratuity payment, should be reduced to one year. A Money Control report stated, it was also pointed out that the five-year employment period provision also incentivises employers to terminate employees before the completion of the period. As a result, most employees are …
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