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Jennifer Taylor
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10/19/21 at 4:18PM UTC
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I ended a contract position, and am starting another one in a few weeks.

One of the questions on the background check is to provide beginning and ending paystubs for my last 5 employers. I politely declined and said that it is illegal to ask for pay information. What would you have said?

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Anonymous
10/21/21 at 3:33PM UTC
It is illegal to ask questions regarding prior pay in some, but not all states; you can Google which states. And, in my many years in the workforce I have never had anyone ask for pay stubs much less the last 5 employers. Personally, this would make me very uncomfortable and I would decline. (I doubt I could put my hands on that information without a lot of work.)
Kathleen Fisher
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10/21/21 at 3:29PM UTC
For a contract position, no way! I would have done the same as you did. I would go back and ask what is the purpose of this? Either they trust what you put on your resume or they don’t. I wouldn’t work for a company, especially as a contractor, if they didn’t trust the information I provided.
Anonymous
10/19/21 at 9:49PM UTC
I second sending it with pay info redacted.
Cassandra Schmigotzki
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10/19/21 at 7:03PM UTC
Never heard of providing your past paystubs to an employer; that just seems weird to me. Are you getting the positions through a company or direct? If it's through a company maybe they can provide a statement to pass along to the next one.
Jennifer Taylor
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10/20/21 at 9:36PM UTC
Through a 3rd party placement agency. They helped place me in my last contract position but didn't request this info before.
Anonymous
10/19/21 at 5:56PM UTC
I redact the financial info. And submit as proof of dates worked. No one has ever come back and requested financial details be revealed.
Noel Gerrior
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10/19/21 at 5:40PM UTC
I didnt know that was illegal, I would've offered it since I am sure they would be able to find out other ways.
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