Holy Crap. There is a permanent record, and Equifax has it, your employers know about it, and you probably have never heard of it.
This thing includes ALL sorts of your personal employment record data, including wages, average hours worked, reason for leaving employment, pretty much every paystub you’ve ever had…
This ten minute YouTube video goes into exactly what all is in it and why it’s a good idea to freeze it: https://youtu.be/NkgXkkAxpys?si=QUtc8CAcMAy4-Ny9
If you don’t need to see the video to think that employers having a hidden record of your entire work history that you’ve never heard of, seen, or been able to dispute, then the three links you’ll need are here:
To request the report: https://theworknumber.com/resource/-/resource/request-form-employment-data-report
To dispute items on the report: https://employees.theworknumber.com/employee-data-dispute
To freeze the report: https://employees.theworknumber.com/employee-data-freeze
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