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Employee Background Checks

Protect Your Business Before You Hire

Built to support safer, more informed hiring decisions without adding extra complexity to your workflow. Run employee background checks directly within your hiring process while helping support compliance, reduce manual coordination, and keep onboarding moving.

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Smarter Screening for Modern Hiring

Protecting your business, your employees, and your clients starts before day one.

Brand’s offers comprehensive pre-employment background check solutions designed to help employers make informed hiring decisions while reducing manual work and supporting compliance requirements.

Including:

Employment verification

Education verification

Criminal background checks

County & state-level screenings

Reference checks

Social security trace

Industry-specific screenings

Customized screening configurations

Whether used as a standalone solution or alongside your broader payroll and onboarding workflows, Brand’s helps simplify the hiring process from the start.

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Flexible Screening Solutions Built Around Your Hiring Needs

Each tier builds on the one before it, giving you expanded coverage and flexibility as your needs grow.

Essential

Foundational screening coverage for businesses looking to establish a safer, more compliant hiring process.

Includes:

Social Security Trace

National Criminal Background Check

Employment Verification

Education Verification

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Advanced

Ideal for organizations requiring deeper verification and expanded criminal screening coverage.

Includes everything in Essential, plus:

County-Level Criminal Checks

State Criminal Checks

Reference Checks

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Comprehensive

Built for organizations with higher compliance, security, or industry-specific hiring requirements.

Includes everything in Advanced, plus:

Full Criminal Verification (National, State, and County)

Industry-Specific Screenings

Complete Employment, Education, and Reference Verification

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À La Carte

Only pay for the screenings you actually need.

Build a customized screening solution based on your organization, industry, hiring process, or compliance requirements.

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Why Businesses Choose Brand’s for Background Checks

Thorough and Reliable

Leverage the Work Opportunity Tax Credit to identify and hire eligible candidates for tax savings.

Compliance Support

Designed to help support employment and privacy compliance requirements while keeping hiring organized and documented.

Streamlined Hiring Workflows

Reduce manual coordination with more efficient, organized screening processes.

Flexible Screening Options

Choose from standardized packages or build a customized solution tailored to your organization.

Integrated Workforce Support

Background checks work alongside Brand’s payroll, onboarding, and HR solutions to help simplify employee setup and workforce operations.

Scalable for Growing Teams

Solutions designed to support organizations of varying sizes, hiring needs, and industries.

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Works Alongside Your Hiring Workflow

Background checks can support a more connected hiring and onboarding experience by helping employers manage employee setup more efficiently from the start.

Brand’s background check solutions can work alongside:

Payroll

Onboarding

HR services

Workforce management workflows

Helping reduce friction between hiring and employee activation.

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Industry-Friendly Screening Solutions

Background check solutions can be tailored for organizations across industries including:

ABA & healthcare

Schools & education

Hospitality

Property management

Professional services

Multi-location employers

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FAQ

Do I need to be an existing Brand’s client to use background checks?

No. Background checks are available as a standalone solution or as part of your broader Brand’s services.

Can I customize the screening package?

Yes. Screening solutions can be tailored based on your organization’s industry, compliance requirements, and hiring workflow.

How long does a background check take?

Turnaround times vary depending on the type and depth of screening requested.

Are criminal background checks included?

Yes. Criminal screening options are available as part of multiple screening packages.

How are reimbursements and mileage handled for ABA staff?

Reimbursements can be submitted digitally, approved by managers or HR, and flow directly into payroll to reduce manual tracking and errors.

Can I choose only specific screening services?

Absolutely. Our à la carte option allows you to select only the screenings your organization needs.

Is candidate information handled securely?

Yes. Screening workflows are designed to support applicable employment and privacy compliance standards.

Let’s talk

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