The book deals thoroughly with the terms, circumstances, conditions and limitations of the payment of gratuity to workers under the Act.

The work will be a ready referencer and provide quick and easy answers to every day questions about gratuity. Payment of Gratuity can have wide economic and managerial implications and a proper understanding of the provisions of the Act is necessary. The author has commented upon and discussed almost all the provisions concerned with this subject citing relevant case-law wherever required.

Salient Features:

Statute law has been updated, incorporating all significant amendments to the Act, Rules etc.
Exhaustive, but crisp commentary has been provided under the fifteen sections of the Act.
Rules framed under the Act by the Central Government and the State Governments have been updated and incorporated.

• Madras Law Journal: The notes provided under the sections are analytical and exhaustive. The presentation is lucid. Matters like the concept of social security and its evolution, its different aspects, the concept of social justice, its implications and impact on freedom, have been dealt with...the book is a valuable contribution, which will afford useful assistance to the members of the Bar and all those concerned with or affected by the administration of labour laws and industrial welfare
• Federation of Indian Manufacturers: The publication has been updated by incorporating all the far-reaching amendments made since the publication of the earlier edition. Latest case-law has been cited at relevant places to enlighten the employers and to ensure strict compliance with law as enunciated and interpreted by Courts.
• All India Reporter: The social workers, lawyers and administrative staff in Government offices and other institutions would find the book very helpful.
• Gujarat Law Reporter: The Act has been widely commented upon. The Payment of Gratuity Rules of Central as well as other States has been incorporated.

TABLE OF CASES
APPENDIX I
CENTRAL RULES AND NOTIFICATIONS
APPENDIX II
STATES RULES AND NOTIFICATIONS
SUBJECT INDEX
1.Preamble
2.Short title, extent, application and commencement
3.Definitions
4.Continuous service
5.Controlling authority
6.Payment of gratuity
7.Compulsory Insurance
8.Power to exempt
9.Nomination
10.Determination of the amount of gratuity
11.Inspectors
12.Powers of Inspectors
13.Recovery of gratuity
14.Penalties
15.Exemption of employer from liability in certain cases
16.Cognizance of offences
17.Protection of action taken in good faith
18.Protection of gratuity
19.Act to override other enactments, etc.
20.Power to make rules
21.Payment of Gratuity (Central) Rules, 1972
22.Payment of Gratuity (Andhra Pradesh) Rules, 1972

Payment of Gratuity (Assam) Rules, 1972
Payment of Gratuity (Bihar) Rules, 1972
Payment of Gratuity (Delhi) Rules, 1972
Goa, Daman and Diu Payment of Gratuity Rules, 1973
Payment of Gratuity (Gujarat) Rules, 1973
Haryana Payment of Gratuity Rules, 1972
Payment of Gratuity (Karnataka) Rules, 1973
Kerala Payment of Gratuity Rules, 1973
Payment of Gratuity (Madhya Pradesh) Rules, 1973
Payment of Gratuity (Maharashtra) Rules, 1972
Orissa Payment of Gratuity Rules, 1974
Pondicherry Payment of Gratuity Rules, 1973
Payment of Gratuity (Punjab) Rules, 1973
Rajasthan Payment of Gratuity Rules
Payment of Gratuity (Tamil Nadu) Rules, 1973
Tripura Payment of Gratuity Rules, 1975
Uttar Pradesh Payment of Gratuity Rules, 1975
West Bengal Payment of Gratuity Rules, 1973