Employment Verification Letter

For an Employment Verification Letter request, the employee needs to fill out the “Employment Verification Request Form” available on Employee Self-Service:

• Login to PantherSoft HR Employee Self Service.
• Navigate to Employee > Employee Resources > Employee Forms > Employee Records Forms > Employment Verification Form.
• Enter all the corresponding information and click the “Submit” button.

Requests will be processed within 48 to 72  hours.

The Work Number

The Work Number is available for FIU employees 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to provide automated employment and income verification.

The Work Number is a fast and secure way to provide proof of your employment or income; a necessary step in many of today’s life events including obtaining credit, financing a home or automobile, obtaining a housing lease or securing government benefits or services.

The Work Number complies with The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), which ensures that employees can see who is requesting their data and provides a mechanism to dispute data that they believe to be inaccurate.

To log in, visit The Work Number and use your FIU AD Credentials.

CREATING AND MANAGING SALARY KEYS

The Salary Key is a single-use, six-digit code that you can provide to a verifier as consent to access your income information.

1. Click “Prove Income to Verifiers”
2. Click “Create Salary Key”
3. Click “New Salary Key”
4. The new salary key can be printed or emailed with instructions for the verifier on how to use it through The Work Number. Or the salary key itself can be provided to the verifier along with your employer name or code and your social security number.

REQUESTING YOUR EMPLOYMENT DATA REPORT (EDR)

An EDR is a report, per the Fair Credit Reporting Act, to allow transparency to your information contained on The Work Number and a list of all verifiers who have attempted access to your employment records in the prior 24 months.

1. Click “Request Instant Online Report”
2. Select the state you are employed in
3. Select a reason for your request
4. Select whether to show your full SSN on the report or mask it
5. Click “Get Instant Online Report”

COMMERCIAL VERIFICATIONS or SOCIAL SERVICE VERIFICATIONS

Commercial verifications are for mortgage lenders, pre-employment, property leasing, credit cards, etc.
Social Services verifications are for Medicaid, SSI/SSDI, SNAP, TANF, Child Support, Public Housing, etc.

1. Please visit theworknumber.com and select “I’m a Verifier”
2. Provide the following:

• Employer Name: Florida International University
• Employer Code: 19266
• Employee’s Social Security Number

For questions or more information please contact:
The Work Number Client Service Center: 800.367.2884
TTY–hearing impaired: 800.424.0253
Monday – Friday; 7a.m. – 8p.m. (CT)