IT companies look beyond PF portal check to detect moonlighting

Background verification firms are reporting a spike in requests from IT companies for additional checks on employees as managers step up efforts to stop workers from pursuing a second job on the sly.

Firms say that one out of three of their technology clients now want some level of check for ‘moonlighting’, or dual employment, among both new joinees and existing employees, a sharp contrast from the level of scrutiny some two years ago.