Employers use it to offload employment verification to Equifax (who owns this product and offers automated employment verification based on the data). They also get aggregated salary data in return for providing personal employee compensation information.
It’s one of the most widely used background checking services. At least three of the companies I worked for will simply tell anyone doing the background check their worknumber ID so the background check service can just check on the site. I like the system because it’s a simple way to get your dates of employment reliably without anyone having to literally call up a HR person at a previous company.
But, what the fuck are they doing making this data available beyond that? This has to be illegal.
My first company out of college used it for when you needed employment verification for buying a house. Your bank could call the number and get all the info they needed.
I assume because they wanted to outsource it and relieve HR. I'm not entirely sure but I'm sure offloading any compliance with that data is a benefit too.
Employers use it to offload employment verification to Equifax (who owns this product and offers automated employment verification based on the data). They also get aggregated salary data in return for providing personal employee compensation information.
It’s one of the most widely used background checking services. At least three of the companies I worked for will simply tell anyone doing the background check their worknumber ID so the background check service can just check on the site. I like the system because it’s a simple way to get your dates of employment reliably without anyone having to literally call up a HR person at a previous company.
But, what the fuck are they doing making this data available beyond that? This has to be illegal.
My first company out of college used it for when you needed employment verification for buying a house. Your bank could call the number and get all the info they needed.
Why wouldn't you just... call the company?
I assume because they wanted to outsource it and relieve HR. I'm not entirely sure but I'm sure offloading any compliance with that data is a benefit too.
I used it to verify my salary with my mortgage broker to get my loan.