THE WORK NUMBER® is a service of TALX Corporation that provides university employees with an automated process to handle employment verifications. It allows employees to have their employment and salary verified each pay cycle (bi-weekly or monthly), according to the employees’ pay schedule. This secure service is used for mortgage applications, reference checks, loan applications and apartment leases – anything that requires proof of employment, including social services. It is quick, accurate, and best of all, it is easy.
Requested information is printed directly from www.theworknumber.com or voiced and/or faxed to verifiers who would access the system through an 800 number.
For proof of employment only
If someone is requesting proof of your employment, provide them with the following:
For proof of employment and salary
Step 1: You must create a salary key
- Visit www.theworknumber.com, navigate to the “Menu” dropdown and locate the “View My Data” tab. Next, enter in the UofL employer code (11443) to locate the university. As a first-time user, your username will be your employee ID number and your password will be the month and day of your DOB and the last four of your SSN – for example, 1/15 1111, 01151111.
- Under proof of employment, create a salary key. Write down your salary key.
Step 2: Provide the following information to the person requesting proof of your employment and salary
Verification questions?
UofL University Employees: If you are a university employee and have any questions with the information being pulled from THE WORK NUMBER®, please email hrservices@louisville.edu.
UofL Health Employees: Employees who work in a UofL Health hospital will need to reach out UofL Health HR directly. Please reach out to the hospital’s HR department at 502-588-0418 or humanresources@uoflhealth.org.
Verifier of Employment: If you are a verifier and have a discrepancy, or not able to pull information from THE WORK NUMBER®, please email hrservices@louisville.edu with your concerns along with the applicant’s certificate of authorization. To view what information can be released, please review the Personnel Records Policy.
NOTE: If there is no information pulled from THE WORK NUMBER® for code 11443 for your applicant, the applicant may be a vendor associated with the University of Louisville and not paid through our payroll department. If this is the case, they will not be under THE WORK NUMBER®, and you will need to reach out to the vendor associated with the applicant.