Experian Teams With TazWorks to Enable Faster Hiring With Instant Employment Verification

Experian announced that it is integrating its Experian Verify instant employment verification solution directly into the TazWorks background screening platform, aimed at speeding hiring decisions and reducing manual verifications for screening providers and employers.

What the announcement actually is

• Experian and TazWorks (a background screening technology platform owned by MeridianLink) have entered into a collaboration to embed Experian Verify into the TazWorks system.

• The integration is positioned as a way to accelerate hiring timelines, cut manual verification work, and improve confidence in employment data used in pre‑employment background checks.

How the integration works

• Experian Verify’s instant employment verification data will be available natively within TazWorks’ workflows, so CRAs and screening providers can request and receive verification results from within the TazWorks platform rather than going outside to separate systems.

• The solution taps Experian’s employer payroll network, which Experian describes as one of the industry’s largest, with millions of payroll records providing real‑time employment information.

Claimed benefits for hiring and screening

• Faster turnaround: Instant access to employer payroll data is intended to shorten background screening and hiring decision cycles by replacing phone/fax/email verifications where possible.

• Reduced manual work: The parties highlight reduced manual verification efforts for CRAs and employers, which should lower operational friction and cost in employment screening operations.

• Risk and data quality: Experian frames the integration as improving confidence in employment data and supporting better risk mitigation for employers and screening providers.

Relation to Experian Verify more broadly

• Experian notes that this TazWorks integration builds on its broader collaboration with MeridianLink, where Experian Verify is already integrated into Mortgage Credit Link (MCL) for mortgage workflows.

• Experian Verify for employment screening is marketed as a single solution that blends instant verification, permissioned verification (direct payroll connection or document upload), and research‑based methods to maximize coverage when instant data is not available.

Potential implications for CRAs and compliance teams

• For CRAs on TazWorks, this adds another embedded instant VOE channel, likely changing their waterfall logic between instant networks, direct‑to‑employer calls, and document‑based verifications.

• Because Experian Verify is used across both mortgage and employment use cases via MeridianLink, larger organizations could potentially harmonize verification vendors and controls across credit and employment workflows.