Job Application

Authorization to Conduct Employment Background Investigation 

I hereby authorize Justifacts Credential Verification, Inc, an Agent for Brilliant General Maintenance to ascertain information regarding my background to determine any and all information of concern to my record, whether same is of record or not, and I release employers and persons named in my application from all liability for any damages on account of his/her furnishing said information. I understand that this form indicates that a background search will be conducted and that this is my notification of that intent. I understand that the purpose of this background investigation is to determine my suitability for employment and may elicit information on my character, general reputation, personal characteristics and mode of living. Additionally, you are hereby authorized to make any investigation of my personal history, educational background, military record, motor vehicle records, criminal records and credit history through an investigative or credit agency or bureau of your choice. I authorize the release of this information by the appropriate agencies to the investigating service. I understand that my consent will apply throughout my employment, unless I revoke or cancel my consent by sending a signed letter or statement to the Company at any time, stating that I revoke my consent and no longer allow the Company to obtain consumer or investigative consumer reports about me. 

 

 

convictions more than two years old for the following marijuana related offenses: HS11357b&c, HS11360c, HS11364, HS11365, HS11550, and misdemeanors for which probation was completed and the case was judicially dismissed. 

Notice to Massachusetts Applicants: You may omit a first conviction for any of the following misdemeanors: drunkenness, simple assault, speeding, minor traffic violations, affray, or disturbance of the peace, or any conviction of a misdemeanor where the date of such conviction or the completion of any period of incarceration resulting there from, whichever date is later, occurred five or more years prior to the date of this application for employment, unless you have been convicted of any offense within five years immediately preceding the date of this application for employment. 

Note: No applicant will be denied employment solely on the grounds of conviction of a crime. The nature of the offense, the date of the offense, the surrounding circumstances and the relevance of the offense to the position will be considered. 

www.justifacts.com), upon proper identification, the nature and substance of all information in its files on you, including the sources of information, and the recipients of any reports on you to whom Justifacts has previously furnished within the three-year period preceding your request. Files maintained on a consumer shall be made available for the consumer's visual inspection, as follows: (1) In-person, if he appears in person and furnishes proper identification. A copy of his file shall also be available to the consumer for a fee not to exceed the actual costs of duplication services provided. (2) By certified mail, if he makes a written request, with proper identification, for copies to be sent to a specified addressee. (3) A summary of all information contained in files on a consumer and required to be provided by Section 1786.10 shall be provided by telephone, if the consumer has made a written request, with proper identification for telephone disclosure, and the toll charge, if any, for the telephone call is prepaid by or charged directly to the consumer. 

NOTICE: Under federal law, you have the right to request disclosure of the nature and scope of our investigation by providing us with a written request within 60 days of our background investigation. 

Subscriber certifies that consumer credit information, consumer reports, as defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681 at seq. (“FCRA”), will be ordered onlywhen intended to be used as a factor in establishing a consumer’s eligibility for employment and that consumer credit information will be used for no other purposes. It is recognized and understood that the FCRAprovides that anyone “who knowingly and willfully obtains information on a consumer from a consumer reporting agency” (such as Justifacts) “under false pretenses shall be fined not more than $2,500 or imprisoned not more than two years orboth.”

Brilliant General Maintenance intends to obtain and use a consumer report or an investigative consumer report from an external consumer reporting agency for employment purposes. These purposes may include but are not limited to: 

•considering your application for employment;

•making a decision whether to offer you employment with the company;

•deciding whether to continue your employment (if you are hired by thecompany);

•doing periodic rescreening of current employees, and/or;

•making any other employment decisions affecting you.

A consumer reporting agency is a person or business that regularly assembles or evaluates consumer credit information or other information on consumers. As an applicant or an employee, you are considered a “consumer” under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. 

A consumer report may include information about your character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living, which is used or collected for employment purposes. An investigative consumer report also involves personal interviews with sources such as employers, educators, etc. 

You have a right to request disclosures of the nature and scope of any investigative consumer report that the company obtains about you. You also have other rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, a summary of which is available at: http://www.ftc.gov/os/2004/11/041119factaappf.pdf. 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT 

I hereby acknowledge that Brilliant General Maintenance may obtain consumer reports and investigative consumer reports about me from a consumer reporting agency and that they may consider information in consumer reports and investigative consumer reports as part of their decision-making process regarding any aspect of my application for employment and/or continued employment with the company including periodic rescreening of current employees. I also acknowledge that I have received a copy of the Summary of Rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.