All supervisors at my workplace received an email today that stated if we are giving out reference checks or confirmation of employments for workers that we supervise, we MUST forward these requests that we personally receive to our internal HR/HR Manager.
What the actual f*?
In my honest opinion, if an employee is seeking another job, it should be none of their current employer's business to know what and where they are going. It makes things awkward and most people looking for jobs dont want their current place of employment to know, particularly a toxic one.
Is there any breach of privacy laws going on here? The email was quickly “retracted” but it still feels absolutely invasive. If I am job hunting, that is none of my current employer's business to know. The fact that they are demanding this information is a bit much. And god knows what they would say to these prospective employers. (Our company is absolutely desperate to retain employees as we bleed employees to the public sector frequently)