Gratuity Deduction From Employee

Dear Sir,
can employer deduct gratuity contribution from employee salary?
Regards,
tarun

Dear Mr.Kapoor
Gratuity is paid by Employer. It should not be deducted from the employee
regards
alphonse

it is a retiral benifit to be provided by employer. but some companies show this as part of CTC which is possible because showing in CTC doesn't mean deducting from employee sal

Dear Shri. Kapur,
Gratuity is paid to an employee at the end of his career or when he leaves the company at the end of some minimum period of service with them and is a benefit given by the employer. It is totally illegal if it is deducted from employee.
Viswanathan

Anybody please tell me the exact period of service for which employee become entitled to receive gratuity.
Regards
Seema

A person has to complete a 5 years of continuous service in an organization to be entitled for Gratuity. 240 physical working days in a year.

is it possible to lessen the period of gratuity?
Since 2008 it was not counted as a part of our CTC but in mid 2008 it was made as our CTC and calculated on the period of 30 days. But recently there is a new rule of our management, they have lessen the period from 30 days to 15 days. Is this legal?