Hawaii Background Checks

Health Street's line of background checks in Hawaii delivers fast, meticulously researched data on an applicant's criminal history, references, education and employment. We pride ourselves on providing what employers need to inform their decisions about the people they hire. Hawaii employment background checks give companies the assurance that their new hires have been fully vetted and won't pose a risk. Verify if someone is being honest with you before you hire them – with Hawaii background checks from Health Street.

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What background checks in Hawaii 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.

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Platinum Background Check Package

(starting at $175)

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Everything in Triple Database Package plus Courthouse Repository (State and/or County level)
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Ultimate Package

(starting at $250)

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Everything in Platinum Package plus a 10 panel drug test.
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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.

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Resume Verification

(starting at $39)

Check a person's job history, degrees, references, and certifications.

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DOT Background Check

(starting at $39)

Ensure DOT compliance with our driver screening services.

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City Background Checks

For information regarding background checks in a specific city, click the relevant link below:

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Why Health Street For Hawaii Background Checks?

Criminal background check in the Aloha 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:

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Not uncovering criminal activity
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Revealing too much information, including things that by law cannot be considered during the hiring process

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 .

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DOT Background Screening Services

If you hire truck drivers or other vehicle operators covered by DOT, then you know you have to comply with the Department of Transportation's FMCSA modality regulations. To comply with DOT regs, you must:

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Contact previous employers (from before January 2020)
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Review the FMCSA Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse for January 2020 and later.
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Run the Hawaii Motor Vehicle Report (MVR).

These measures ensure that your new hire has a safe Hawaii driving record and no drug or alcohol violations in the past three years.

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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 Hawaii 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 Hawaii gives you and your business the protection it deserves and the knowledge that you are hiring honest, qualified candidates.

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Statistics on Crime in the State of Hawaii

Despite Hawaii's laid-back attitude and culture of sun, sand, and surf, there are still violent crimes occurring every day across the islands. It's important to secure a reliable background check on new hires to ensure that your business safeguards its workers, and is protected from liability.

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From 2007 – 2017, violent crime rates in Hawaii have remained relatively consistent, dipping to a low of 3,378 incidents in 2012, and rising to a high of 3,603 in 2010.
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Larceny-theft is the most frequently occurring crime in Hawaii, with a total of 29,574 incidents in 2017.
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2017 marked a significant rise in the number of murders occurring across Hawaii, with 39 arrests for this crime. Most years previous had fewer than 30 murder arrests.
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There were 1,077 arrests for robbery in 2017, with the majority of these cases occurring within the city of Honolulu.
Background Check Laws that Safeguard Employers in the State of Hawaii

One of the issues that many employers have with background check legislation is that it can change frequently. Hawaii was the first state to enact ban-the-box legislation in 1998, and since then legislation like December 2018's federal First Step Act has impacted how both public and private employers in the Aloha State hire and promote their staff.

As per Hawaii's Fair Chance Law (the formal name of their state-wide ban-the-box law), employers may only conduct a background check on an applicant after a conditional offer of employment has been extended. If a past criminal conviction appears on their record, employers should carefully consider whether "the conviction record bears a rational relationship to duties and responsibilities of that position" before withdrawing their offer of employment.

Prior to the passage of this law, employers were able to consider arrests as well as court records in their decision-making process. Now, convictions that have occurred within the last 10 years are the only records that employers can consider during a background check. If the conviction resulted in a period of incarceration, the time spent in incarceration may still be considered by the employer if it's within the 10 year period – even if the actual conviction falls outside of this period.

While private employers may choose not to conduct background checks during the hiring process, Hawaii's state law mandates background checks before employment can commence when the applicant is working in a school, in a financial institution, or in security.

Citations

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"1998 Legislative Wrap-Up." State of Hawaii, Office of Information Practices, 1 June 1998, http://oip.hawaii.gov/newsletter/openline-may-june-1998/
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"Navigating the Line: What Hawaii Employers Can and Can't Do With Criminal Background Checks." Hawaii Employers Council, https://www.hecouncil.org/features-of-the-month/feature-of-the-month/navigating-the-line-what-hawaii-employers-can-and-can-t-do-with-criminal-background-checks/203817/?back=fotm
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"Crime in Hawaii – Uniform Crime Reports." State of Hawaii, Crime Prevention and Justice Assistance Division, https://ag.hawaii.gov/cpja/rs/cih/
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"Federal Ban the Box Act Will Require Federal Contractors to Reexamine Exceptions." Hawaii Employers Council, 3 March 2020, https://www.hecouncil.org/news/main/federal-ban-the-box-act-will-require-federal-contractors-to-reexamine-exceptions/