Company Shut Down? Claim PF and Gratuity | Naukri Mitra
Anita, a content manager in Pune, opened her laptop on a Monday morning and found her work email locked. The co-working desk her startup rented carried a printed notice: operations suspended until further notice. Three months of salary were pending, HR was not picking up, and the founder's phone was switched off. That night she typed "company shut down how to get PF money" into a search bar and got a pile of conflicting forum answers. If you are in a similar spot, most of what you have built up is more protected than it feels right now. Your provident fund sits with the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation, not with your employer. Gratuity has a legal recovery route. Even a full insolvency has a defined order in which employees are paid. The catch is that every type of dues follows a different process, and each one is slow and document-heavy. This guide takes them one by one. What Happens to Your EPF Balance When the Employer Shuts Down Without Notice? The money...