Employers are jointly and severally liable for payment of gratuity to employee

District Cooperative Central Bank Ltd. Vs Controlling Authority under Payment of Gratuity Act 1972 & Assistant Commissioner of Labour (Andhra Pradesh High Court) Conclusion: Appellant-bank was jointly and severally liable for payment of the amount of gratuity to the applicant-employee alongwith the existing employer i.e.,  Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Limited as per the provisions of Payment of Gratuity Act as the expression ‘employer’ in Section 2(f) of the Payment of Gratuity Act read with Section 13 (2) of the General Clauses Act, 1897, would include ‘employers’. He...