While the NPC understands your need to receive substantive references for new jobs and graduate school applications, the NPC must also protect itself from lawsuits stemming from the provision of such references. Accordingly, the NPC will provide substantive references only for those employees who have signed a Waiver of Liability Regarding Reference Requests. If the employee does not sign the waiver, the NPC will only provide the following information:

• Confirmation that the individual was or is an employee of the organization;
• Dates of employment
• Confirmation of the employee’s salary and job title

No other information will be divulged.

After you have signed a waiver, please inform anyone requesting a reference that they must do so in writing. No references will be given if the request was initiated by a phone call. Only someone in your supervisory chain can respond to a reference request; any other reference will be considered a personal, not an organizational, reference. You must give your supervisor a copy of the signed waiver before your supervisor can give you a reference.