New Delhi | May 22, 2025: OnGrid, a leading digital trust and background verification platform, has flagged one of the most extreme cases of moonlighting witnessed in India. Through its Employment History Check (EHC) solution, OnGrid identified a candidate with a staggering 141 overlapping employment records in just seven years, as captured in verified EPFO (Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation) data.
Between 2018 and 2021, the candidate was simultaneously employed by up to 10 organisations at once, without a single day’s gap between roles. In 2020, while the world grappled with layoffs and employment uncertainty, this individual clocked 50 new jobs, switching between startups, large enterprises, and MNCs.
“As remote work, freelancing, and hybrid models become the norm, employment risks are also evolving. Traditional background checks are simply not enough anymore,” said Piyush Peshwani, Co-founder & CEO, OnGrid. “This case is a wake-up call. It underscores why reliable employment history verification like our EHC is now indispensable for modern hiring.”
OnGrid’s Employment History Check (EHC) is built to close these verification gaps by leveraging direct integrations with government data sources. With EPFO as a backbone, EHC offers hiring teams a powerful lens into a candidate’s employment journey, highlighting overlaps, inconsistencies, and red flags, all in a compliant and scalable manner.