Section 53: Contractual worker

53. Contractual worker (1) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any agreement or any enactment, every worker, who is employed on a contract of determinate duration which ends before 31 December of any year and who has performed a number of normal days’ work equivalent to not less than 80 per cent of the number of working days during his employment in that year, shall be entitled to a gratuity equivalent to one twelfth of his earnings for that year. (2) The gratuity under subsection (1) shall not be payable where a worker qualifies for a gratuity under the End of the Year Gratuity Act. [S. 53 amended by s. 30 of Act 6 of 2013 w.e.f. 11 June 2013.] E9B – 41 [Issue 5] Employment Rights Act PART XI – VIOLENCE AT WORK