I worked in a public limited company for a period of 12 and a half years. I resigned from the company in the month of December 2012, and to date, the company has not paid:
1. Gratuity
2. Full and final settlement, including arrears such as the notice period, etc.
The reason for the delay, as mentioned by the company, is "financial/cash flow issues."
Query Regarding Gratuity Payment
My specific query is regarding the gratuity payment - what should be the next action, and what legal recourse is suggested?
Regards,
Neeraj
From India, Gurgaon
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1. Gratuity
2. Full and final settlement, including arrears such as the notice period, etc.
The reason for the delay, as mentioned by the company, is "financial/cash flow issues."
Query Regarding Gratuity Payment
My specific query is regarding the gratuity payment - what should be the next action, and what legal recourse is suggested?
Regards,
Neeraj
From India, Gurgaon
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Gratuity Payment and Legal Recourse
Gratuity is expected to be paid to the employee within 30 days of their leaving the service. It is mandatory even if the employee does not apply for it. In your case, it has already been a year since the amount became due. The time set for recovering gratuity from the employer with the intervention of the Controlling Authority, i.e., the Labour Officer, is 90 days, which has also ended. However, if you submit to the Labour Officer that the delay was caused due to faith in the employer that they will pay it once their financial crunch is over, then the Officer can entertain your application for the recovery of gratuity.
The application shall be submitted in Form N. Upon receipt of the application in Form N, the Controlling Authority (Labour Officer, Asst. Labour Commissioner, as the case may be) will issue directions to the employer to appear before them and sort out the issue.
Attached are Form I (the original one to be submitted to the employer for claiming gratuity) and Form N to be submitted to the Controlling Authority.
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Madhu.T.K
From India, Kannur
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4526Gratuity is expected to be paid to the employee within 30 days of their leaving the service. It is mandatory even if the employee does not apply for it. In your case, it has already been a year since the amount became due. The time set for recovering gratuity from the employer with the intervention of the Controlling Authority, i.e., the Labour Officer, is 90 days, which has also ended. However, if you submit to the Labour Officer that the delay was caused due to faith in the employer that they will pay it once their financial crunch is over, then the Officer can entertain your application for the recovery of gratuity.
The application shall be submitted in Form N. Upon receipt of the application in Form N, the Controlling Authority (Labour Officer, Asst. Labour Commissioner, as the case may be) will issue directions to the employer to appear before them and sort out the issue.
Attached are Form I (the original one to be submitted to the employer for claiming gratuity) and Form N to be submitted to the Controlling Authority.
Regards,
Madhu.T.K
From India, Kannur
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Can I apply for gratuity payment 5 years after leaving the organization. I have not received the gratuity payment as yet. I did not take any action earlier. Can I fill up form I now and send?
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I think you have not read what I have written. Though there is a time within which your gratuity claim should be submitted, you still have the right to claim it if the reasons for the delay are justifiable. In your case, if there has been no initiative from the employer to pay the gratuity, you can claim it on your own. Please note that the obligation to find the former employee and pay the gratuity lies with the employer, not the employee. Therefore, if you state that there has been no intimation of payment of gratuity from the employer, the delay has occurred, and since the employer has failed to pay it, you are approaching the Labour department.
Regards, Madhu.T.K
From India, Kannur
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Regards, Madhu.T.K
From India, Kannur
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You can still claim your gratuity provided you are able to explain the reason for the delay.
From India, Kolkata
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Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 & The Rules.ppt
THE PAYMENT OF GRATUITY ACT 1972.doc