Arizona Background Checks
Health Street makes background checks in Arizona easy with a complete array of comprehensive, precise and detailed employment background screenings. Our Arizona background checks start with simple, fast criminal database checks and can be extended for a full view of a person's history by looking at local and national records, educational records, past jobs, and more. Arizona background checks ensure you and your workforce are protected from an employee who lies on his or her job application or worse
What background checks in Arizona does Health Street offer?
Health Street's criminal background check packages always start with a Social Security Number Trace. From there, you can add specific background checks, choose from one of our most popular packages, or build your own.
Court Record Package
(starting at $99)
Search the Court Record Repository at the state or county level. This background check is an investigation of court records in the counties or states that a person has used their Social Security Number.
REGISTER NOWPlatinum Background Check Package
(starting at $175)
Ultimate Package
(starting at $250)
Build Your Own Package
(prices vary)
Mix and match a variety of our background screening services to create your perfect package. This can include criminal database checks, sanctions, resume verifications, and drug testing.
REGISTER NOWResume Verification
(starting at $39)
Check a person's job history, degrees, references, and certifications.
REGISTER NOWDOT Background Check
(starting at $39)
Ensure DOT compliance with our driver screening services.
REGISTER NOWWhy Health Street For Arizona Background Checks?
Criminal background check in the Grand Canyon State must be done in accordance with state law. There are very specific requirements that companies must follow in order to perform a legally compliant background check, and it varies by state. Health Street's understanding of local laws combined with advanced technologies help keep you in compliance with background check laws.
A Credit Reporting Agency, or CRA, should do more than just checking a public database on your behalf. Running background checks present a pair of equally troublesome risks:
If you receive information from your CRA that you are not permitted to include in your hiring decision, you can run afoul of laws such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). On the flip side, if you miss a critical criminal record, it can be even more devastating. For these reasons, it's critically important to work with a CRA with experience performing comprehensive employment background checks in .
DOT Background Screening Services
If you are hiring truck drivers, you already know that you need to check back for three years of violations with prior companies and the FMCSA Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse. You also have to check their Arizona motor vehicle report, of course.
Knowing and complying with these regulations can be daunting. Health Street removes the stress by conducting and storing your DOT background checks in the same, easy-to-access portal as your other driver file records. You can manage your DOT compliance and random pool in one place. We can provide you with:
Resume Review and Verification Checks
Sometimes, the job candidate who seems to be most qualified is lying on his or her resume. In fact, it is quite common for people to misrepresent their education, degrees earned, and work history in order to qualify for a job that they otherwise would not obtain. An unqualified employee—especially one who forges aspects of their experience—creates serious risks for business leaders and HR executives.
Health Street's background checks in Arizona can verify a person's resume, confirming the information that they have provided to you about their education, employment history, professional licensure, and degrees earned. We can even check references. Including these options on your background check in Arizona gives you and your business the protection it deserves and the knowledge that you are hiring honest, qualified candidates.
Arizona Background Screening Information
Ban the Box
Arizona is one of 35 U.S. states to pass "ban the box" laws. The purpose of this law is to give applicants with a criminal history a fair chance of gaining employment. It prohibits employers from asking about a job applicant's criminal history on an application or at any point prior to the initial interview. If there is no initial interview, then employers may not ask about an applicant's criminal history until after a conditional offer for employment has been made.
It should be noted, however, that in the state of Arizona this law only applies to businesses with more than 15 employees.
Arizona Civil Rights Act
In addition to Federal protections offered by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), job applicants in Arizona are also protected by the Arizona Civil Rights Act. This provides additional guidelines intended to prevent discrimination during the hiring process.
Employers are not prohibited from asking about an applicant's criminal history or running a background check that includes this information, as long as they follow all guidelines. They're also allowed to request detailed information, including when and where the crimes took place and the final disposition.
The inquiry must meet the "ban the box" rules listed above and comply with all Federal guidelines, including providing stand-alone disclosures and obtaining the applicant's written permission prior to running the background check. In addition, the employer must make it clear that information about a criminal conviction won't automatically result in the denial of their employment.
Arizona Crime Statistics
As an employer, it's important to make hiring decisions that protect both your customers and your staff. Conducting thorough background checks will help you identify job candidates that have a felony or misdemeanor criminal record.
Here are some relevant crime statistics provided by the Arizona Department of Public Safety: