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Payroll, PF & ESI
Bengaluru
An employee is leaving after 4 years and 8 months. Is gratuity payable, how is it calculated, and is it taxable?
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The five-year rule has a well-known exception that your employee meets, so pay it.
ERPCA Expert Desk · 19 Sep 2026
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Payroll, PF & ESI
Noida
We have grown to 22 employees. Are PF and ESI now compulsory, and what do they cost us?
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Both, and the clock started the month you reached 20.
ERPCA Expert Desk · 6 Aug 2026
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