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I don’t think it’s legal for a former employer to reveal your salary. All the are allowed to do is confirm you were employed there. May vary from state to state
It’s not legal for an employer to ask about past salary from references. Do whatever you want so long as you, personally, can live with it.
Shouldn’t come down to lying. Tell them what you want. If they ask what you’re making now, tell them again what you’re looking for in your next role.
Bottom line is, it shouldn’t matter. You’re worth what you’re worth to your future employer.
What you’re worth to your current job is irrelevant, it’s just their way of trying to find out if they can get you for cheaper than what you deserve.
Yes, this 100% 👆🏻
I’ve never had a problem with it. I always just say I need to make more than my current salary so more than x amount. I just don’t specify that my salary is less than x amount lol
I like the cut of your jib
Company might call old employers to confirm all info is accurate while conducting background check and could find out you lied. Don’t lie, not worth it. Negotiate hard the next place you go. You don’t have to give them a specific number of what you were making either if you play your cards right.
Depends on state law
It’s illegal for your company to disclose your salary to another entity, but the new company can request you provide a pay stub and or tax information to confirm.
They can, but if they do that’s a pretty big red flag.
If they’re insecure enough to request a paystub, I would shut down the interview process.
Legally they cannot call past companies to check that info, and in some states, the company you’re interviewing cannot ask for this info during the interview process.
With that, if you lied about your past salary to your current employer then nothing really happens, as long as it’s within the market value for your position, don’t think anyone will think its too much or too little. Honestly you should always negotiate to get market value for your position vs trying to get a specific bump from your last salary, as your last employer could have been under/over paying you.
The only places that verify are government and education and so forth. No one else has legal authority or will bother. Lie. They’d do it to you.
If you are in the UK they will see how much tax you have paid once you start working there via your p45. But as senior copywriter above said, tell them what you are looking for vs telling them what you are on. There’s also value in putting your desired amount out there before they put their desired amount out there from a negotiation perspective (and hold steady). It’s psychologically harder to bring the salary up afterwards vs meet them a bit below your asking making them feel like they’ve saved some money on you. Everyone wants to feel like they’ve negotiated a good deal, especially recruiters/ hiring managers.