What Does Pre-Employment Background Checks Involve
                        What Does Pre-Employment Background 
Checks Involve
Rosalina Wolf
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When hiring employees, HR of the company will perform background 
checks of the candidate in various ways and it is done to ensure that you 
are eligible for the job from various perspectives. For this they will take 
the help of pre-employment background investigators who can pull out all 
the necessary details of the employee of the company. 
Many companies will give the same information in the offer letter when 
hiring the candidate saying that this offer will be implemented after the 
successful completion of the pre-employment background checks. So, as 
an expected employee of the company would you like to know what are 
the minimum background checks they will do on you? Then, read this 
article.
Credit reports check
Before doing this, the company must obtain the written consent of the 
employee and this is under the fair credit reporting act. If the credit report 
information of the candidate made the employer not to hire the employee, 
then the employer must give a copy of the report to the employee and let 
the employee know what is the problem. Not every company will perform 
this check and if they, better allow them to do their work.
Criminal records check
This check is performed by most of the companies. Better not to have any 
criminal records against you. If you have keep all the things and 
evidences ready to show them what really happened. From state to state 
what the private employers will consider regarding the criminal records of 
the applicants varies. So, check with your lawyer for further information 
on this.
Medical records check
Some states have strong laws in maintaining the confidentiality with 
regards to medical records as it is a personal issue. However, under some 
acts employers can’t discriminate based on the physical or mental 
condition of the person, but they have the right to investigate whether the 
employee can do the particular job duties or not. Sometimes, this check is 
directly performed in the presence of the employee also.
Bankruptcies
This is the matter of public record and it appears on the credit reports of 
the individual. The federal bankruptcy act will prohibit the employer from 
discriminating against the job applicants because they have filed for 
bankruptcy and they can’t hold a bankruptcy against you.
Military records if any
This records are kept out only in limited conditions and permission is 
generally required for this. Military will disclose only the information 
regarding the applicants name, rank, salary, awards, assigned duties and 
the status of the duty.
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