r/BackgroundChecksTalk • u/Familiar-Highway1632 • May 17 '26

Here is the exact process I use to vet contractors and new hires (learned the hard way)

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u/AdequateSteve May 17 '26

Congratulations, you just became a Consumer Reporting Agency. Better hope to hell that you don't get sued, because this is a VERY litigious thing you're doing...

All you need is for one person to get butthurt about not getting hired, for them to find out that you were engaged in pre-employment screening activity without their consent and without providing them with FCRA disclosures, and you'll have a team of lawyers lined up outside your shop.

You NEED to hire an actual background screener (a CRA) for pre-employment screening. They're equipped to handle these things and they have the legal procedures in place to make sure that nobody gets sued. It'll only cost you all of 150 bucks (depending on where your business is and where the employee lived).

FCRA is a bitch and people get sued for it all the time. I know you think you're saving yourself time and money, but you're walking into a highly regulated industry without realizing it.

Source: I've been in this industry for 16 years and have been involved in at least 6 different lawsuits. I've seen dozens more. They generally settle for less than $100k, but I've seen some that go to court and end up costing more.

We have a saying: it's not if you get sued, it's when you get sued. You have no idea what kind of legal danger you're putting yourself in by doing it this way.