Dear sirs, A daily wage worker has worked in my factory as a casual worker for 3 years and in none of those years he has worked for more than 240 days subsequently, he was made permanent and now he is retiring so - for which period should I calculate gratuity.
From India, Chennai
From India, Chennai
As an answer to your query, I am reproducing another Case history, similar to your query.
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March 27, 2018
Case name: Netram Sahu v. State of Chhatissgarh
Date of Judgement: March 23, 2018
The question, which arose in the instant case was whether the appellant can be held to have rendered qualified service, i.e., continuous service as specified in Section 2(e) read with Section 2A of Payment of Gratuity Act so as to make him eligible to claim gratuity, as provided under the Act, from the State.
Section 2A of Payment of Gratuity Act defined “continuous service”.
In the case the appellant employee had in all rendered 25 years and 3 months of service (22 years and 1 month as daily wager and 3 years and 2 months as regular work charge employee). However, the Appellant was not paid the gratuity amount by the State after his retirement on the ground that the appellant could not be held eligible to claim the gratuity amount because out of the total period of 25 years of his service, he worked 22 years as daily wager and only 3 years as regular employee.
The Supreme Court in view of the facts and circumstances of the case directed the State to release the payment of gratuity amount and made the following observations:
That the Appellant had actually rendered the service for a period of 25 years. That having regularized the services, the appellant became entitled to claim its benefit for counting the period of 22 years regardless of the post and the capacity on which he worked for 22 years.
That there is no provision in the Act which disentitled the appellant from claiming the gratuity or prohibits the appellant from taking benefit of his long and continuous period of 22 years of service, which was rendered by him prior to his regularization for calculating his continuous service of five years.
That in the circumstances of the case the Appellant is denied relief then the same would be travesty of justice. The question as to from which date such services were regularized was of no significance for calculating the total length of service for claiming gratuity amount once the services were regularized by the State.
Take away- The Supreme Court in the case settles the legal proposition that while determining “continuous service” under Section 2A of Payment of Gratuity Act , the question whether the services were regularized or not is of no significance.
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From India, Aizawl
625Thanks.
QUOTE
March 27, 2018
Case name: Netram Sahu v. State of Chhatissgarh
Date of Judgement: March 23, 2018
The question, which arose in the instant case was whether the appellant can be held to have rendered qualified service, i.e., continuous service as specified in Section 2(e) read with Section 2A of Payment of Gratuity Act so as to make him eligible to claim gratuity, as provided under the Act, from the State.
Section 2A of Payment of Gratuity Act defined “continuous service”.
In the case the appellant employee had in all rendered 25 years and 3 months of service (22 years and 1 month as daily wager and 3 years and 2 months as regular work charge employee). However, the Appellant was not paid the gratuity amount by the State after his retirement on the ground that the appellant could not be held eligible to claim the gratuity amount because out of the total period of 25 years of his service, he worked 22 years as daily wager and only 3 years as regular employee.
The Supreme Court in view of the facts and circumstances of the case directed the State to release the payment of gratuity amount and made the following observations:
That the Appellant had actually rendered the service for a period of 25 years. That having regularized the services, the appellant became entitled to claim its benefit for counting the period of 22 years regardless of the post and the capacity on which he worked for 22 years.
That there is no provision in the Act which disentitled the appellant from claiming the gratuity or prohibits the appellant from taking benefit of his long and continuous period of 22 years of service, which was rendered by him prior to his regularization for calculating his continuous service of five years.
That in the circumstances of the case the Appellant is denied relief then the same would be travesty of justice. The question as to from which date such services were regularized was of no significance for calculating the total length of service for claiming gratuity amount once the services were regularized by the State.
Take away- The Supreme Court in the case settles the legal proposition that while determining “continuous service” under Section 2A of Payment of Gratuity Act , the question whether the services were regularized or not is of no significance.
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From India, Aizawl
Dear Murali-Shekar,
Simple and understanding wordings for answer to your query is as under:
The date of joining of the worker in your establishment is that as daily wage worker.
Total years of service will start from this date of joining as daily wage worker. The years in which the worker did not worked for 240 days (including sickness, accident, leave, layoff, strike or a lock-out or cessation of work not due to any fault of the employee concerned) will not be considered for gratuity irrespective of his services was regular or otherwise.
I am remembering a case which I came across many years back but not having details of it.
In that case the H'ble court said that the breaks given by the employer is not a fault of the employee concerned. Therefore, he is liable for the gratuity for those years also in which he could not complete 240 days.
From India, Mumbai
Simple and understanding wordings for answer to your query is as under:
The date of joining of the worker in your establishment is that as daily wage worker.
Total years of service will start from this date of joining as daily wage worker. The years in which the worker did not worked for 240 days (including sickness, accident, leave, layoff, strike or a lock-out or cessation of work not due to any fault of the employee concerned) will not be considered for gratuity irrespective of his services was regular or otherwise.
I am remembering a case which I came across many years back but not having details of it.
In that case the H'ble court said that the breaks given by the employer is not a fault of the employee concerned. Therefore, he is liable for the gratuity for those years also in which he could not complete 240 days.
From India, Mumbai
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