New Delhi: In a move aimed at regulating domestic help placement agencies and preventing crimes involving domestic workers, Delhi govt has directed all such agencies to register on the e-District portal and obtain a licence from the labour department, making police verification of both domestic workers and employers mandatory.
“Every private placement agency providing domestic workers must register on the e-District portal (edistrict.delhigovt.nic.in) of Delhi govt and obtain a licence from the joint/deputy labour commissioner concerned within 15 days.
Police/character verification of the ‘domestic worker’ and ‘employer’ is mandatory for filing application for registration/license,” the labour department said in a notice issued Saturday. “Verify the private placement agency’s registration/license and insist on police verification of the workers before engaging such. Report unregistered/unlicensed private placement agencies immediately to the concerned district labour office and inform the incidence of any exploitation/harassment case instantly to the Delhi Police ,” the order stated.