Explanation:

Establishments to which the Payment of Gratuity Act applies: – Section 1(3) applies to -

1. Employees engaged in factories, mines, oilfields, plantations, ports, railway companies,

2. Every shop or establishment within meaning of any law for the time being in force in relation to shops and establishments in a State, in which ten or more persons are employed, or were employed, on any day of the preceding twelve months;

3. Such other establishments or class of establishments, in which ten or more employees are employed, or were employed, on any day of the preceding twelve months, as the Central Government may, by notification, specify in this behalf.