Employment Verification with Walmart

[Stephen Anthony]

I recently tried to verify an applicant's employment information with Walmart and was told by a Walmart manager they have a blanket policy that they will not give out any information whatsoever other than confirming the employee works there. A signed release of information doesn't change their stance on this policy according to the manager I talked to. Has anyone encountered this before?

My backup strategy was giving the applicant an Employment Verification form with a line for a manager name and signature, and asking them to go have their manager/supervisor fill it out and sign it. The applicant has since told me Walmart refused to do that as well. I don't have the details on this refusal or the reason why yet, will be gathering that tomorrow.

Any suggestions on how to verify the applicant's employment information at this point? My only thought is requesting paystubs going back several months.