A verification programme allows your employer to verify important items in your personal application file. This will allow your employer to comply with their internal recruitment and/or security policies and it will help them make sure that you are the right person to work for their organisation and within the context of the specific role.

Depending on your position and role in the organization, your employer has identified a number of items to be verified about your background, your skills and/or your personality. In your personalized and secure web interface, for which you will receive the access-details from Aequivalent, you will have a fully comprehensive view of the items that will be verified.

Aequivalent is a specialist employment screening company that has been mandated by your employer to conduct the necessary verifications and to establish an independent and objective report, but also to assist you during the process. If deviations are identified, Aequivalent will publish them in its report and your employer might ask you additional clarifications. Aequivalent is mandated to conduct the verifications but it is your employer who will decide on the follow-up that will be given to the report.

An employer has a legitimate interest to collect and verify information about an employee as long as he only collects information that is relevant for the employee’s ability to perform the role. Therefore, your consent is legally speaking not required prior to being screened.

Although your employer has the legal right to collect and verify information, Aequivalent will ask for your explicit consent before starting the screening process. This explicit consent makes sure that you are duly informed about the verification programme. Your explicit consent is also necessary to collect information from third parties (such as criminal records offices, debt enforcement offices, universities, referees…) and to establish a personality profile.

Yes. Your employer has established a verification policy and uses the services of Aequivalent to ensure that the process is executed within the highest quality standards and protection of your personal data. However, you have the right to refuse to participate to the screening process if you do not want your information to be collected or verified. The consequence of your refusal might be that you will not be employed. So if you are considering to refuse to participate to the verification programme, we advise you to previously discuss this with your employer.

Your data is processed by Aequivalent on behalf of your employer that decides about its treatment. Therefore, please contact your employer for any question related to the verification results. Aequivalent is certified ISO/IEC 27001:2013 and only uses your data and documents for this specific and unique verification programme. Aequivalent automatically deletes all your data and documents within 90 days after the delivery of the report to your employer. You can request an earlier deletion of your data, at any time, via your personal access to the platform.