A lot of employers around me use something called the workplace, applicant applied and pays a few to them that lasts about 6 months, they e-mail out the info.

I have my applicant sign a Employment Verification Form that allows their employer to release earnings and time one the job.

I also demand several pay stubs, a bank account statement showing employment deposit and monthly balances.

When an applicant doesn't deposit but cashes their pay check, they sends up red flags. Paying bills in cash shows a lack of discipline.

After running an applicants credit, if the only issue is employment, I go to their job and look to see if they really work there. Then I speak to a supervisor to confirm employment.

The Work Number is basically a de facto industry standard for verification of employment at large companies. It allows automated, secure verification by other companies, saving lots of HR manpower. When you start a new job at a large company, the background check may include automated employment verification of your work history using The Work Number.

I have NO problem using it and asking the tenant to foot the bill, as it does not require YOU to provide any info. You just have to provide tenant SSN and some key numbers.

Robert J, I like the ‘ in work visit’ for employers who have a consumer retail location.

I’m one of those small time ‘mom and pop’ landlords. I don’t think tenants should have to pay $44 to get a work place verification, and my state doesn’t allow more than $20-25 in app fees. (Apparently their is discrepancy in the statutes, and somebody needs to step up and be the test case that provides case law. Malarkey!)

It’s been said on this forum before, lawmakers don’t give us the specific laws, the specific guidelines, instead, they rely on persons with deep pockets to take a case up the courts to determine case law, at the plaintiff’s expense. Most people don’t want that fight, just capitulate, so, these different agencies get away with creating policies on the fly. Who loses in all of this? The tenants!

" I don’t think tenants should have to pay $44 to get a work place verification, and my state doesn’t allow more than $20-25 in app fees."

I think the work number should have a setup similar to my smart move where you make a request from your account, the applicant gets an email that they pay the fee and complete authorizing, and the info is delivered to you.

That way , you get around the app fee limit.

" I don’t think tenants should have to pay $44 to get a work place verification, and my state doesn’t allow more than $20-25 in app fees."

I think the work number should have a setup similar to my smart move where you make a request from your account, the applicant gets an email that they pay the fee and complete authorizing, and the info is delivered to you.

That way , you get around the app fee limit.

" I don’t think tenants should have to pay $44 to get a work place verification, and my state doesn’t allow more than $20-25 in app fees."

I think the work number should have a setup similar to my smart move where you make a request from your account, the applicant gets an email that they pay the fee and complete authorizing, and the info is delivered to you.

That way , you get around the app fee limit.

OTOH, I was once a front end supervisor at one of the big box stores. Employees were allowed no opportunities for any socialization. Cashiers who had worked side by side for years didn’t know each other’s name. I worked to change that, I wanted teamwork, I wanted people to want to come to work to see friends. And, if they had friends at work, they had someone they could get a ride from when the car gave them issues, or someone they could swap shifts with when the baby was sick.

Supervisors should know all the employees, but some were clueless. So, if the other employees have no clue who someone is, it could be it was a store with a ‘head down, work, work, work as a solo person, no teamwork allowed’ mentality. So, I’ll have to be watchful.

One time a dancer at the local bar wanted to rent an apartment from me. Her employer wouldn't confirm employment over the phone. So I turned down the applicant. She said I should go by the club, only 3 blocks away, and see her dance. I didn't know it was a "strip club". Once there her boss provide me with the last pay-sub showing a base salary. She also made around $700 a night in tips.