Gratuity can be withheld for recovery of dues: SC

[Informalisation and Labour Rights - Related News]

The gratuity money of an employee can be withheld and forfeited for recovery of dues such as overstaying in official accommodation, the Supreme Court has ruled. A bench headed by Justice Sanjay K Kaul held that there is no prohibition against recovering dues including penal rent - the rent with penalty for overstaying in official accommodation - from an employee?s gratuity.