Background checks during the COVID-19 crisis can ensure protection against hiring job candidates that use counterfeit documents or commit CV fraud in order to gain employment. India has experienced more than 30 million cases of COVID-19 to date and the Consumer Pyramids Household Survey estimates that employment fell short by 114 million people in April 2020. News of employment fraud in India is emerging on a daily basis, including recurrent cases of fake doctors and fake government school teachers. Employers would be wise to implement background checks to help prevent these causes of employment fraud, but should first familiarize themselves with legal and cultural nuances of screening in their location.
