Gratuity is a token of appreciation from an employer to an employee for their long-term service, usually after a minimum of 5 years of service. Interestingly, any service period of 6 months or more is rounded up to a full year. As per the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, organisations with 10 or more employees are mandated to pay gratuity. Let's calculate the gratuity amount for employees with last-drawn basic salaries of Rs 72,000, Rs 84,000, and Rs 96,000, who have completed 9 years and 7 months of service, which will be considered as 10 years for gratuity calculation purposes.
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1/8The number of years and the last-drawn basic salary of an employee are used to calculate the gratuity amount.
2/8If a company falls under the Payment of Gratuity Act of 1972, it cannot count itself out.
3/8(Last Drawn Salary x Number of Years of Service) X 15/26 Here, 15 refers to 15 days’ wages per year, and 26 refers to 30 days in a month, excluding Sundays.
4/8Yes, it is compulsory to complete five years of continuous service to apply for gratuity.
5/8Gratuity is payable in the following cases: On retirement On resignation after 5 years of continuous service In case of death or disability due to accident or illness Upon superannuation (reaching the designated retirement age)
6/8Let’s calculate gratuity for an employee with a basic salary of Rs 72,000, 9 years, and 7 months of service (rounded to 10 years). Gratuity = (72,000 × 10 × 15) ÷ 26 Gratuity = Rs 4,15,384
Let’s calculate gratuity for an employee with a basic salary of Rs 84,000, 9 years, and 7 months of service (rounded to 10 years). Gratuity = (84,000 × 10 × 15) ÷ 26 Gratuity = Rs 4,84,615
8/8Let’s calculate gratuity for an employee with a basic salary of Rs 96,000, 9 years, and 7 months of service (rounded to 10 years). Gratuity = (96,000 × 10 × 15) ÷ 26 Gratuity = Rs 5,53,846