Statutory Bonus Eligibility - employee has worked only for 10 days in the new financial year?

venkataraman-murali-ganesh
One of our employee resigned on 9th April 2018. His employment details are given below:
1. Date of Joining: 01-09-2012
2. Date of Resignation: 9th April 2018
3. Date of relieving: 13th April 2018
4. Actual No. of working days in April'18: 10 days
5. Basic + DA: 14,500/-
His statutory bonus up to 31-03-2018 has been cleared and paid. Is he eligible for statutory bonus for April '18 - as he has worked only for 10 days in the new financial year. Please clarify.
umakanthan53
No; he is not eligible to be paid statutory bonus for the AY 2018-19, as he has not rendered the minimum qualifying service of 30 working days in the establishment during the said AY as laid down in sec.8 of the Payment of Bonus Act,1965.
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