Verification of Past or Present Employment

DATE ISSUED
08/01/90

DATE REVISED
02/01/2008

POLICY

It is the policy of Saint Louis University to protect the privacy of each employee. Verification of specific employment information will be provided for the purposes of establishing credit, bank loans, apartment rentals, etc., at the request of current or past employees, providing the following conditions are met and procedures followed.

SCOPE

This policy is applicable to all faculty, staff, and students currently or previously employed by Saint Louis University, and addresses the release of information pertaining to employment dates, full or part time status, job title, year to date and previous year earnings, and salary. This policy is not intended to address the release of any information relating to the evaluation of work performance or employment references. The release of that information is covered under policy 3.5.6: Job Performance Referencing.

PROCEDURE

Organizations who wish to verify the employment of a Saint Louis University current or past employee will use an automated external employment verification service designated by the University. Verification information will be released by that service only when the employee has provided the organization requesting information with: the telephone number of the verification service, Saint Louis University's five digit "employer code", the employees social security number, and, for salary information release a Salary Key generated by the employee.

The University will provide Federal, State, and local government agencies any employee information required by law. It will also honor any valid subpoenas, court summons, court orders, requests for information from unions pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement and service letter requests pursuant to Missouri revised statute 290.110.