Kentucky Background Checks

Health Street's line of background checks in Kentucky 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. Kentucky 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 Kentucky background checks from Health Street.

What background checks in Kentucky 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.

Triple Database Package

(starting at $99)

Includes:

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.

Platinum Background Check Package

(starting at $175)

Includes:

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

Ultimate Package

(starting at $250)

Includes:

Everything in Platinum Package plus a 10 panel drug test.

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.

Resume Verification

(starting at $39)

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

DOT Background Check

(starting at $39)

Ensure DOT compliance with our driver screening services.

City Background Checks

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

Why Health Street For Kentucky Background Checks?

Criminal background check in the Bluegrass 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:

Not uncovering criminal activity

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:

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

These measures ensure that your new hire has a safe Kentucky 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 Kentucky 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 Kentucky gives you and your business the protection it deserves and the knowledge that you are hiring honest, qualified candidates.

Kentucky Background Screening Info

Ban the Box Laws in Kentucky

Many states have adopted "ban the box" laws that prohibit employers from asking about an applicant's criminal history on a job application or at any time prior to the initial interview. If there is no initial interview, employers may not raise the question until after making a conditional offer for employment. In the state of Kentucky, "ban the box" laws apply only to public sector positions in the state's Executive Branch. All other employers are free to ask about criminal history at any time.

Contractors doing business within the city of Louisville must also follow the "ban the box" law. The city prefers working with vendors that do not include a criminal record question on applications and may terminate contracts with vendors who do.

Kentucky and Adverse Hiring Decisions

Under Kentucky law, an employer may not automatically disqualify a job applicant simply because they have a criminal record. A past criminal record can only be the basis for an adverse hiring decision if the conviction is "directly related to the position of employment sought."

Even in this case, disqualification isn't automatic. An employer may still decide to hire the person if they believe they have been rehabilitated. Any employer considering making an adverse hiring decision after reviewing an applicant's criminal record must ensure that the conviction is related to the job or the job description.

However, it is also against Kentucky law to hire applicants for police, fire, emergency medical personnel, and police telecommunications positions who have been convicted of a felony. Some misdemeanor convictions and convictions involving "moral turpitude" may also lead to automatic disqualification.

Kentucky Crime Statistics

The following Kentucky state crime statistics are provided by the Kentucky State Police through its Records Branch, Computer Technologies Section, and Uniform Crime Reporting staff. According to the 2018 Crime in Kentucky report:

There were 275,931 serious crimes reported in the state in 2018; this is a 2.28% decrease from 2017

Arrests for crimes in 2018 totaled 520,074

A serious crime was committed approximately every two minutes

Property crimes (arson, burglary, larceny, destruction of property, motor vehicle theft, stolen property) outnumbered violent crimes (assault, homicide, robbery, kidnapping/abduction, and forcible sex offenses) by a rate of 2.4 to 1

52% of violent crimes were cleared by an arrest

There were 67,850 drug violations in 2018

A homicide was committed approximately every 20 hours, a forcible sex offense was committed approximately every 60 minutes, and a motor vehicle theft was committed approximately every 48 minutes