Telephone Reference Checks

joyce

We have a policy that we only give references for previous employees if the request is accompanied with an authorization. However, would we be exposing ourselves to problems if we gave only their dates of employment and title without their written authorization?

Dianna

As a rule, when we receive calls for reference checks, we only give out dates of employment, department and whether they were full time or part time. We do not give out any other information unless we have a written authorization signed by the employee, verifying that it is the team member's signature with our old personnel files if at all possible, to allay any possible litigation.

Hope that helps.