Good points, I agree with all of them. A private organisation which hosts a universal employee verification system requires utmost trust and accountability. Making organisations accept its authority on it as a private organisation would itself be a huge problem to solve.
>In my corner of the world, employers are legally obliged to hand out a signed form to leaving employees that confirms their erstwhile employment.
It is common in my region as well. But the issue as the person who posted the problem says, is the 3rd party independent verification companies which verify past experience of a candidate on behalf the future company; they have no idea about how a email system works and require email from a company which has long gone.
>In my corner of the world, employers are legally obliged to hand out a signed form to leaving employees that confirms their erstwhile employment.
It is common in my region as well. But the issue as the person who posted the problem says, is the 3rd party independent verification companies which verify past experience of a candidate on behalf the future company; they have no idea about how a email system works and require email from a company which has long gone.