Maine Employment Screening Menu And Pricing
- National* Criminal Records Search $29.50
- State Wide Instant Criminal Search: $19.50
- County* Criminal Search: $19.50
- State Driving Record (MVR): N/A
- Social Security Number Trace: $7.50
- Drug Testing: $32.00 (Includes cost of collection)
- Workers' Comp Claims History Report:
- Credit Report: $12.00 (FCRA Compliant)
- Employment Verification: $15.00 Per Employer
Call for volume and custom package pricing
There are no sign up fees and no monthly minimums
In order to comply with the FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT employers must certify to us that they are requesting these reports for employment purposes, will maintain certain records and comply with all employment laws.
State Laws concerning background checks:
Remember, some states have both statutes and agency guidelines; others have only one source of rules, and a handful are silent on the subject.
Maine
Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 5, § 5301; tit. 28A, § 703A; Code Me. R. 94348 Ch. 3, § 3.06(B7)
Rights of employees and applicants:
No one can be denied employment because of refusing to answer a pre-employment inquiry that is unlawful under the Maine Human Rights Act or Maine Human Rights Commission Rules.
A conviction is not an automatic bar to obtaining an occupational or professional license; only convictions that directly relate to the profession or occupation; that include dishonesty or false statements; that are subject to imprisonment for more than one year; or involve sexual misconduct on the part of a licensee may be considered.
Special situations:
Liquor retailers may not employ anyone convicted of selling liquor to minors or selling liquor without a license within the past two years (for a first offense), or within the past five years (for a second offense).
Agency guidelines for pre-employment inquiries: Maine Human Rights Commission, Publications, "Pre-Employment Inquiry Guidelines."
*National criminal records checks contains records from 38 states. it also includes registered sex offenders in those states.
*It is important to run a County criminal records check since about 30 to 40 % of county criminal records are not contained in the state criminal records and to insure the information is the most current available.
*County criminal records checks requires a manual search of records and takes 12 to 36 hours.
For questions regarding Human Resources or employment regulations you may want to contact Jennifer McBennett of Seay Management Consultants at 407-426-9484 or email her.