Employers, especially trucking and transportation firms rely heavily on CDL and non-CDL motor vehicle record reportsto screen potential drivers and current employees for safe driving habits.  Motor Vehicle Records are necessary for compliance with Department of Transportation Regulations, and help employers maintain an ongoing fleet screening program.   Motor Vehicle Records (MVRs) provide license status, license type (CDL, non-commercial, etc) accident and collision history, moving violations, medical restrictions, and any actions taken by the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Corra Group provides your firm with a complete series of background checks and services, including motor vehicle records, criminal records, education verifications, as well as industry updates to keep you informed.

Stay on top of your costs with Corra Group’s Background Check suite of services, includes motor vehicle records. Corra also offers recurring screening and random sampling tools, to assist with your annual compliance requirements. Contact them today at corragroup.com or call (310) 822-7788.

The watershed moment was Ryan Jenkins, who allegedly murdered his wife and was a contestant on reality show “Megan wants a Millionaire”  Jenkins passed an initial background check, apparently due to a Canadian court clerk missing filed cases.  Canada has since revised its background checking policies and tightened up it’s Canadian screening policies.

Corra’s entertainment industry background check packages are the Prime Time Package, a basic introductory package, the “Red Carpet Package”, and “The Industry Package” each provides an increasing level of screening and helps studios screen different strata of employees and contestants.

Motor Vehicle Record searches are a valuable component of your complete employee background check, including criminal record searches, drug testing, credit reports, and more.  Corra Group allows you to screen your entire fleet, and continue to run random motor vehicle records and drug testing during each year.  Connecticut drivers are ideally situated for most freight and transportation hauls from the East Coast.   Run your motor vehicle record abstracts today.

When hiring a background screening company to run background checks on international candidates, ask up front how the background check is conducted.  A professional screening company will conduct a check using their own resources or a thoroughly vetted vendor.   They will also advise you about the efficacy of running background checks in the particular county you are interested in.  For example, in Canada, conducting a Canadian Criminal Background Check can be accomplished by either running the nationwide CPIC search, offered through the Canadian Police Information Centre, or by conducting courthouse searches in the particular province where your candidate has resided.  With regard to Ryan Jenkins, there is some indication that a courthouse search was conducted and the records were not there.  If this is the case, then the court clerk possible missed the record and failed to provide it to the researcher.  It is worth considering the quality of record retention in the courthouse before conducting your search. 

As always, conduct a thorough background check on your candidates to provide a well rounded portrait.  Depending on the type of job your candidate is up for, consider reviewing motor vehicle records for driving related problems such as DUIs and credit reports for financial responsibility issues.  The more thorough portrait of your candidate you can achieve, the better you can evaluate their background to determine if it is a fit with your organization.

Recurring Background Screening
Usually a background check is a good indicator of future behavior, especially with regard to to anti-social behavior such as criminal activity or civil lack of fiduciary responsibility.  Sometimes an employee can come onto a job with a clean record.  However, as time goes on, your employee’s situation may change.  Its important to consider conducting additional background screening for your current employees, including those up for promotion.  Most trucking firms are required to evaluate driving records over time, as their driver’s driving habits may change.  It is worth considering what sort of background check might be worthwhile for your firm to re-screen employees.    Make sure you follow the requirements of the FCRA, and obtain permission from your employees to run background checks.

An Article in WFAA in Texas, discusses the troubling condition of the San Antonio airport, where 767 foreign mechanics have been hired in the past two years.    These workers undergo a background check U.S. State department in their home country, but there is concern about the ability to conduct a proper international criminal record check.  

“Criminal record keeping in much of the world is “nonexistent.” Moreover, some of the home countries of the mechanics do not have diplomatic relations with the U.S.”

We talk a lot about the problems of conducting criminal records searches in the United States.   There are nationwide criminal database searches that are good in about 40 states, as well excellent county courthouse records going back at least 7 years as per FCRA guidelines.  Federal Criminal records are also available on databases and researched at the courthouse by professionals.  

International Criminal Records
In foreign countries, the criminal record searches vary depending on the record keeping quality of the country.   In practice, if you are hiring foreign workers it is best to conduct a international criminal background check with a company who is knowledgeable about the criminal record keeping practices of each country.   One company, Corra Group, has an extensive research network spanning the globe with local researchers on the ground. These researchers know their local courthouse traits and can provide the best in practice international criminal records.

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Complete Integrated Background Screening
You may want to consider using Corra Group’s applicant tracking system, which is fully integrated with their background screening service.   After you candidate’s have signed up, you can decided which candidates to send through the background screening process.  Corra makes the background checks easy by providing you with various screening packages, including an Executive Screening Package called the “Corner Office”, which retails for about $179 per candidate.    This package not only provided criminal records search, employment and education verification, but also looks for federal crimes and county civil actions.   You can never be too careful in this age of corporate unethics.

Lastly, consider your overall background screening policy and decide whether to review social networking sites such as LinkedIn, etc. to determine if your candidate identity could be confusing to your public. As an executive, the public identity must be consistent or our corporate message is muddled up.

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Online vs. Paper?
If it wasn’t confusing enough, the USCIS notes that the current Form I-9 expires 06/30/09.  Today they issued a press release indicating that the form is still valid beyond June 30th.    They are requesting an extension from the OMB (office and management and budget) and until that occurs the form is still valid.  At some point they will have an updated form and will release it for employers to download.  When you sign up with a designated agent like Corra Group, their electronic form will automatically update with the new form, so there is no need to worry about expiration dates.

If you need a paper version of the current I-9 form, you can download it here

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