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Is that legal in the US? And what is the sharing mechanism? Word of mouth?

• tyingq 7y ago
  Varies by state, but legal in most places. Big companies have automated reference checking. Via truework or theworknumber, or similar. Which can also verify salary...urgh. https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/free-books/employee-rights-book/chapter9-6.html https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/free-books/employee-...
  • FDSGSG 7y ago
    >Which can also verify salary...urgh. This seems so vulnerable to data entry mistakes that such data might just be completely useless. What happens when stated salary doesn't match salary verifier numbers? Do you just not hire that person?
    • ghaff 7y ago
      Salary means a lot of different things anyway. If someone asks me (and I need to provide something), I'm going to put down some rough total comp number that's at the high end of what I earn in a typical year. It's not going to match whatever is in the system as my nominal "salary" which really isn't all that relevant.
      • tyingq 7y ago
        It is still irritating, because current salary shouldn't drive anything about proposed salary. Employers should have to provide low/median/high for employees of the same title in exchange :)
  • unlinked_dll 7y ago
    >Which can also verify salary...urgh. Isn't that illegal in several states, including California?
    • tyingq 7y ago
      They can't ask the candidate in California, but they can use a service. San Francisco has a law that they need permission from the candidate first, but it seems fine anywhere else in the state.
• SamReidHughes 7y ago
  Generally speaking employment references are free speech protected by the first amendment. So defamation isn't allowed, and any state's law would need to be tested in court for you to really believe in it.