Recruiter asked for pay stubs?

Its not.. its to verify that the person worked at an employer when they say they did.. the person doing this is very busy usually and doesn't give two wits about what it says other than the dates and then they can verify and move on. If they cannot or will not, then the applicant can stew and watch the position(s) fill up while they sit on their butt unemployed or under-employed. Makes absolutely no difference to the people verifying employment.. but if you're looking for a conspiracy under every rock and behind every bush.. no one want's you anyway as you're probably going to miss a lot of work because of all the late night big foot hunts and UFO watches.

 

For the OP, the company I just started with hired a third party to do the background check. The company performing the check asked me to send them a W-2 or pay stubs to speed up the process. I never did and it was never an issue and was still hired. The only reason I didn't is because I never had a W-2 since I never made enough there to have to claim for taxes and my pay stubs were just a generic spreadsheet that anyone could fake and I assumed they would think I did fake it.

They already have all of the same information to hijack your identity when you apply. What is a W-2 going to show them that you didn't already provide on an application? They'll already know your social security number, your address and the address of the company you worked for. The only new info they'll get is how much you made and taxes withheld.

 

I don't see what the big deal is. The only thing on a W-2 that I can see not wanting to share is how much you made and the previous company's EIN# which I would just black out with a marker.

Someone mentioned blacking out your SSN. I have yet to see a company that doesn't ask for that already, usually on the application.

 

i have level 3's from all over the country. they also state the company i was working for. what more proof do they need then my psp?

 

I don't know why a company would want a w2. It isn't neccesary.
A phone call will suffice just fine. In fact a phone between operations managers is usually quite forthright and informative.

If I had a guy in front of me telling me one thing and a company telling me otherwise,I would simply ask for a few log sheets to prove he worked there.

Any company that asks for a w2 is more interested in figuring out what the competition is paying in comparrison to their own wages. I wouldn't want any driver divulging that information when it outside of the IRS.

Tell them you'll show them a log book instead. There's more to be learned about a driver through logs than there is in a w2. If they say "not good enough".....do yourself a favour and walk away,they're going to be nothing but headaches for you in the end.

 

Its 10 years of verifiable work history. Just because you say it is so on your resume, doesnt make it so. Like no one has ever lied on a resume.

How else can HR independently verify your previous employment if no one responds or ignores the request for verification?

 

The other issue with offering up a w2 is they will know what you have been bringing home every two weeks and most likely will base their offer on it.


Be carefull. Remember.

Decades ago,no one had a problem with DAC. The system now is unreliable for recruiters and drivers but pretty much everyone has accepted it as a norm.

 

Why is that MY or anyone elses problem as a potential employee? Applicant provides you with a list of information as requested. The applicant has fulfilled the obligation of the law.

If you find out later that the applicant lied, you got other issues to deal with.

But it doesn't become the applicants issue to do YOUR job as the hiring company. That's YOUR job to verify with past employers. Not the applicant.

If the past employer is not responding, it's likely because they are not comfortable with answering a ton of questions. Especially in the litigious society where everyone sues over the slightest comment a person didn't like made.

 

Here is the extent of the requirements placed on a prospective employer's employment history verification:

For reference:

So, the regulations say that the prospective employer must investigate, but there is no requirement that they refuse to hire if they don't receive a response - only that they document in their files that they tried, but didn't receive a response.

Companies DO have a right to decline employment based on lack of response (or any reason other than that the applicant is a member of a protected class, for that matter), but they are not required by regulation to decline employment based on same.