We offer a full range of background check services to help you get the right people in the right positions.
Whether you need a simple employment background check or a comprehensive, multi-layered screening program, Justifacts' solutions are designed to support accurate, compliant hiring.
Criminal and identity checks provide a strong foundation for safe, confident hiring by confirming who a candidate is and identifying relevant criminal history. Our searches are conducted with accuracy and compliance in mind, delivering clear results you can trust. This insight helps reduce risk and supports informed hiring decisions from the very start of the employment background check process.
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Employment and professional verifications confirm the details that matter most, including work history, education, licenses, and references. By verifying information directly with authoritative sources, we help ensure accuracy and consistency across roles. The result is clearer insight that strengthens every employment background check and supports confident, role-appropriate hiring.
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Medical and compliance screenings help employers meet regulatory requirements while supporting workplace safety and readiness. From drug testing to I-9 and E-Verify, our services streamline onboarding and reduce administrative burden. These solutions help you stay compliant without slowing down the hiring process.
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Your workforce doesn’t stand still, and screening shouldn’t either. Ongoing and post-hire checks help you stay informed as roles evolve, responsibilities shift, and employee circumstances change. With automated monitoring and timely alerts, your employment background check strategy can extend beyond hire to help manage risk and maintain workforce integrity over time.
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An employment background check is a structured screening process that allows employers to verify key information about job candidates before making a hiring decision. A standard screening program may include criminal record searches, employment history verification, education confirmation, identity validation, drug testing, and motor vehicle records depending on the role, industry, and your organization's requirements.
Employers run background checks to reduce hiring risk, meet regulatory and insurance requirements, protect their employees and customers, and maintain workplace integrity. For many industries including healthcare, financial services, transportation, and government contracting, specific background check requirements are mandated by law or licensing boards.
Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), employment background checks must be conducted with written authorization from the candidate. Specific procedures must be followed if information in a report influences a hiring decision, including providing the candidate with a copy of the report and an opportunity to respond.
Once your screening packages are configured with your Justifacts account manager, ordering a background check takes minutes.
Consult with your Justifacts sales manager to configure screening packages for each role type you hire.
Your hiring team logs into Justifacts and selects the appropriate package for the candidate.
Enter the applicant's email address and submit.
The applicant receives an email and/or text with a disclosure form, authorization, and a request for information based on their location and the package selected.
The applicant completes and submits their information.
Searches that can be completed instantly, such as national criminal database and identity searches, return results right away.
Searches requiring manual research such as county court records and employment verifications are completed by the Justifacts team.
HR managers, talent acquisition professionals, and compliance officers use background checks as a standard hiring step. While some of Justifacts' clients have well over 10,000 employees, many are organizations with 200 to 500 employees. Background checks are most common for roles in regulated industries (healthcare, financial services, transportation, government contracting), safety-sensitive positions, and roles with access to vulnerable populations or sensitive data.
Justifacts serves employers across professional services, manufacturing, healthcare, financial services, construction, and government, and more with an average client tenure of nearly 10 years.
The FCRA governs how background checks can be used in hiring decisions. Key requirements include:
Both the Adverse Action tool and the Individualized Assessment Tool are built into the platform at no extra cost.
Justifacts has been conducting employment background checks since 1982. Most background checks are completed within hours. The majority are returned within 72 hours. Turnaround varies by search type: criminal record checks average 1.5 days, and motor vehicle record checks average less than one day for most states.
Here is what our track record looks like:
Many checks are completed within hours. Most are returned within 72 hours. Turnaround varies based on search scope — criminal searches average 1.5 days, and MVR reports average less than one day for most states. Factors that affect turnaround include the number of jurisdictions searched and the responsiveness of institutions being contacted for employment or education verification.
Justifacts reports are disputed less than 0.01% of the time. Our Quality Control department reviews all report elements before delivery. Criminal records are matched using a minimum of two identifying data points before being reported, and our process verifies information directly at the source jurisdiction rather than relying solely on database records.
Under the FCRA, you must obtain written authorization from the candidate before initiating any background check. This is handled automatically through the Justifacts platform — applicants receive a disclosure and authorization electronically as part of the screening process.
A flag in a background check does not automatically disqualify a candidate. Employers should apply individualized assessment to evaluate whether the information is relevant to the specific role. Justifacts provides a free Individualized Assessment Tool and a built-in Adverse Action process — including jurisdiction-specific notices and Fair Chance law guidance — to help you handle these situations compliantly.
Yes. During setup, Justifacts works with your team to configure packages appropriate to role types, departments, and hiring needs. Your team selects the appropriate package at the time of each order.
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