Teachers are Employees under Payment of Gratuity Act: Kerala High Court

Cochin University of Science and Technology Vs DR. P. V. SASIKUMAR (Kerala High Court) The Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Act, 2009, widened the definition of ’employee’ under the Act in order to extend the benefit to the teachers with effect from the date on which the provisions of the Act were made applicable to educational institutions vide notification referred to supra. The definition of employee under section 2 (e) takes in teachers. Interpreting section 2 (e) of the Act, as amended by the Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Act, 2009, the Apex Court in Birla Institute of Techno...