After how many years do I get gratuity?
- Gratuity is payable when your employment ends after at least five years of continuous service, including on resignation s. 53(1).
- You do not need five years if the job ends because of death or disablement, or because a fixed-term contract has ended s. 53(1), second proviso.
- A fixed-term employee is eligible after at least a year of service under the contract rule 33(1)(a).
- Gratuity applies to every factory, mine, oilfield, plantation, port and railway company, and to shops and establishments with ten or more employees First Schedule.
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Where this uses the Central Rules, your State's Rules may differ: see your State.
Last checked 1 Nov 2026 · written from the official text · not reviewed by a lawyer. This explains the law in general and does not decide your case.