What is a Felony Background Check?
Companies hiring new employees or volunteers or reviewing existing employees and individuals may choose to perform a background check on someone for a variety of reasons that pertain to company protection. Many companies or individuals are more specifically concerned with a felony background check. A felony background check concentrates on the criminal record of an individual and allows the inquisitor to know of any felonies that the subject of the check may have been convicted of, such as serious crimes like murder, rape or grand theft. It is commonly thought that if someone has a felony conviction that they may be a repeat offender endangering anyone around them. Although individuals may perform a felony background check on someone, such as a landlord checking out a tenant, felony background checks are primarily run by employers. Some employers are even required by law to perform a felony background check. It is most common for a check to be required on employees working with childre
