Domestic Help Verification

Due to a steep rise in cases of crime involving domestic helps, domestic help verification is gaining importance. Domestic help verification, introduced in India by the Delhi police a few years ago, entails verifying records of the domestic help.

The verification involves checking of full name of the help, with alias, if any, parents’ details, place and date of birth, permanent address, languages spoken, and details of identity proof. A personal description of the help with height, weight, and other physical features, sample hand writing and signature/thumb impression of the domestic help is also kept as record.

Domestic Verification also records the specialization obtained in the area of domestic help like cooking, cleaning and dusting, outdoor works to name a few. By verifying all these records before, it is ensured that the help can be tracked down in case of any crime.

However, with many domestic helps coming to work from other states, it has not proved very effective as verification of their antecedents becomes a lengthy and tedious process. Moreover, several employers fear that the helps would run away of they are being verified by the police.

Domestic help verification agencies ensure that the background of the domestic helps are properly investigated and registered with the details of their family and friends.

India’s domestic help crime is on a rise. Read this story to know more and make sure to get a domestic help verified before employing him/her.