Background Checks
Paycom’s technology allows you to integrate instantaneous background checks with your payroll and HR processes for applicants and employees. These screenings are the best way to ensure who you hire is qualified and does not represent a risk of harm to your business, employees or customers.
The Paycom Difference is . . .
We Will Automate Your Background Check to Hiring Process
Save time by running background checks from within your payroll system.
- Enter your applicant data, run the background check, and if hirable, simply click the Hire button to populate the payroll system with your new employee’s information.
- You can run a background check on existing employees at any time.
Employees are Thoroughly Screened With Searches of Multiple Databases
The databases Paycom searches continue to grow and have access to over 10 million previously completed searches and 300 million criminal records.
- Check applicant and employee information against Various Criminal Databases, Social Security Validation, Sex Offender Registry, National Security/Terrorist Watch Lists, County Courthouses for Criminal Records, Name and Address Trace, Education Verification, Employment Verification, Credit History and Motor Vehicle Records.
You Control the Search and Hiring Criteria
Choose the types of searches conducted and how screening results are issued.
- Instantaneous searches are available for various databases or you may choose more thorough investigations of county criminal records, education and employment verification, credit history and motor vehicle records that may take 1-3 days.
- Screening results can be issued with an automatic grade based on pre-set pass/review/fail criteria or you can choose to inspect and grade each applicant’s results.
We Help You Comply With the Fair Credit Reporting Act
FCRA compliance is a priority for Paycom and we provide you the tools to conduct background checks within these regulations.
- We provide a Consumer Authorization Form required to be signed by the applicant or employee prior to running a background check.
- Easily create Pre-Adverse Action and Adverse Action letters using our system that populates the applicant’s contact information and allows for customization.
You Can Securely Store Your Background Check Results
As a member of the National Association of Background Screeners, Paycom is committed to keeping background information secure and accessible only to authorized users.
- Our system security measures include multi-level logins, customized user access levels, fraud detection reports, 128-bit encryption technology, multiple offsite backup locations and 24-7 system monitoring.