Revision Date: May 26, 2022
The following has been provided as general educational information only. It is not legal advice, express or implied. Consultation with legal counsel in all matters of employment and business law is recommended.
Note
If your Checkr account is integrated with a partner, international background checks might be unavailable. To determine whether your account supports this feature, contact Checkr.
Services Available:
- Criminal Records and Global Watchlist - to extent permitted by applicable law
- Education Verification
- Employment Verification
Disclaimer: The following guide is provided for general educational purposes only. It is not legal advice, and users are encouraged to seek their own independent counsel when evaluating these services. Importantly, the specific screenings offered by Checkr do not guarantee an organization’s legal rights to request or use them. Several factors, including the residency and location of your organization and your candidates may implicate additional data privacy and employment laws.
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Criminal Records (to the extent permitted by applicable law)
Description:
To the extent permitted by applicable law, criminal records searches are conducted at the local level and return all major convictions in compliance with Italian law and the relevant regulations. Criminal background checks in the Italian jurisdiction are permitted only under certain extremely limited conditions. With respect to searches on actual convictions contained in the criminal background certificate (“certificato penale”), these searches can be carried out only when the National Collective Bargaining Agreement pertaining to the employing company allows such checks or when the law directly provides for specific use cases, such as working with minors. Criminal background information is provided directly by the candidate through publicly formed standard documentation and only after expressly authorized by the candidate. The notice on personal data that must be provided to the candidate by the requesting employer must be consistent with Italian law and limited to only those types of checks permitted by Italian law.
Sources:
Ministry of Justice
Search Type:
Local search
Ordering Requirements:
- Applicant’s Name - Last Name, First Name, and Middle Name
- DOB
- Address in Country
- Current Address
- Authorization Form
- Passport Scan
- Town of birth noted within search if candidate is a foreigner
Estimated Time Service:
On average 10 to 15 business days.
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Education Verification
Description:
The verification of academic status of any educational level (high school, college, post grad, etc.). This may include institution name, dates of attendance, graduation/conferred date, degree obtained, major, minor, honors, awards, and comments. While our average TAT goal is 6-8 days, some verifications may take longer to complete depending on the responsiveness of the institution being verified.
Sources:
The searches are conducted directly with the requested education institution.
Sources:
An education verification search is conducted and charged per degree. Multiple degrees/majors will be billed accordingly.
Ordering Requirements:
- Applicant’s Name - Last Name, First Name, Middle Name
- Institution Name
- Institution Address
- Institution Telephone Number (Include Point of Contact)
- Dates of Attendance
- Graduation Date
- Degree Type
- Major
- Minor
- Copy of degree.
- Authorization form
Estimated Time Service:
On average 6 to 8 days. Verifications will be closed, as Unable to Verify, after 15 business days of unsuccessful attempts.
Price:
The price quoted will not include additional fees that may be required by an institution. Other charges may also apply, such as Direct Deposit and/or Wire-Transfer fees. Fees will be quoted in USD currency.
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Employment Verification
Description:
Verification of previous employment history to confirm work experience. This may include employer’s name, dates of employment, position/title, and eligibility for rehire. While our average TAT goal is 6-8 days, some verifications may take longer to complete depending on the responsiveness of the employer being verified.
Sources:
Government agencies and employers across the country. In some cases, the records of former employees are not kept in a searchable form and contacting the supervisor or manager is standard practice. Information to establish professional fitness may be collected only from former employers of the candidate.
Ordering Requirements:
- Employer’s Name
- Employer’s Address
- Employer’s Telephone Number
- Dates of Employment
- Position/Title
- Authorization form
- Other Documentation – Some employers may have unique processes for providing verifications that can include special authorization forms, experience letters, employment reference letters, etc. These additional requirements will be communicated to you if the need for additional information arises with a specific employer.
Estimated Time Service:
On average 6 to 8 days. Verifications will be closed, as Unable to Verify, after 15 business days of unsuccessful attempts.
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Global Watchlist Search (to the extent permitted by applicable law)
Employer or prospective employer access to information regarding "watch lists" is extremely limited to the extent it pertains to criminal record data, as discussed above, and/or political characteristics or affiliations to which an employer may not have any lawful right of access.
Description:
The Global Watchlist Search product provides a thorough search of multiple National and International repositories, such as watch lists, PEPs & associates, and sanctions data available around the world. Our product's technology continually searches for updated data within the thousands of list sources, indexing new data every day and providing the most up-to-date results.
Sources:
OFAC, FBI Most Wanted (incl. Terrorists), FBI Seeking Information, FBI Hijack Suspects, Politically Exposed Persons, governmental lists, sanctions, enforcements and warnings from over 500 agencies, criminal courts, & news sources from around the world.
Search Type:
This is an automated search where proprietary technology continually searches for updated data across all available sources, indexing new data every time to ensure delivery of only the most up-to-date results.
Ordering Requirements:
- Last name
- First name
- DOB
- Authorization Form
Estimated Time Service:
On average 2 days.