Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).Assertion (A):An employee can be deemed to be in continuous service for one year only if he has worked for 365 days in the preceding twelve months, without any interruption. Reason (R):Under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, continuous service may also include periods of interruption due to sickness, accident, leave, lay-off, strike, or lock-out not caused by the employee’s fault. In the context of the above assertion and reason under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, which one of the following is correct?
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The assertion claims continuous service requires 365 days — this is WRONG. Under the Payment of Gratuity Act, continuous service means 240 working days in a year (190 for mines/seasonal). The reason states 240 days for general and 190 for mines — this is CORRECT. So assertion is false, reason is true — answer is (D).