What You Need to Know First

Services provided by Florida 1-Hour Background Checks are intended for employment-related purposes only. As such, information made available by  Florida 1-Hour Background Checks is governed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) and other state and federal privacy laws that carry severe penalties for improper dissemination and/or use of personal information for other than authorized purposes.

Because of the potential for damage or injury resulting from the improper use of information provided by Florida 1-Hour Background Checks, services will be made available to employers or their authorized representatives only, and then only if the information is to be used in connection with employment decisions relating to pre-employment screening, promotions, reassignment or retention.

The single most important set of regulations governing the rights and responsibilities of employers, employees and third-party providers of employment background reports can be found in the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

Because of its importance, and because of severe penalties that can be levied for failure to follow its provisions, employers who delegate employment-screening duties to outside agencies should become familiar with provisions of the FCRA.

Reports provided by Florida 1-Hour Background Checks are defined in the FCRA as “consumer reports.” According to the FCRA companies that furnish ‘consumer reports” are defined as “consumer reporting agencies.”

If you use consumer reports, you need to know about: Notice to users of consumer reports

If you take adverse employment action based upon the content of a consumer report, you need to provide the applicant/employee with: Summary of rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)