Synopsis
Those who are privy to the partially digital police verification of over 6,000 employees at Wistron following the labour riots said it was slow and mired in problems. The labour department had mandated police verification of all employees at Wistron while re-hiring them.
AFP
A senior executive at a staffing firm said the time taken for police verification itself could slow down their hiring schedules.
Karnataka labour department's moves to ask manufacturing and staffing firms to go for police verification of workers they intend to get on board could disrupt their hiring programme, fear industry executives.
The officials are insisting private firms to go for background checks to prevent untowards incidents at the workplace later like the ones iPhone maker Wiston witnessed in December at its plant in Kolar. While the labour department has not issued an official notification yet, it is planning to put in place a system so that men with criminal background don't get into shop floors.