Guides on choosing, evaluating, and working with background screening providers, from the All Screeners team.
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A single MVR pull usually runs somewhere between 8 and 25 dollars, with the state DMV fee doing most of the driving. If you've got a fleet, the real budget question is continuous monitoring, not the one-time price.
ComplianceScreen too little for a foreseeably risky role and you're exposed to a negligent hiring claim. Screen too aggressively, or the wrong way, and you're exposed to an FCRA or EEOC claim instead. The fix isn't more screening or less, it's tying the screening you do to the actual job.
Report TypesA background check is a snapshot at hire. It says nothing about what happens after. Here's which roles actually need ongoing monitoring, and which ones don't.
Report TypesShort answer: if driving is part of the job, you need an MVR. Here's exactly which roles actually require one, which don't, and why a hire-time check isn't enough for drivers you keep on the road every day.
ComplianceDOT testing applies to safety-sensitive, DOT-regulated jobs like commercial driving, and follows a fixed federal process. Non-DOT testing covers everyone else, and you set the rules yourself.
ComplianceYes, generally, under federal law. But a fast-growing number of states now limit what you can do with a positive marijuana result, separate from whether you can run the test at all. Here's where the line actually sits, and why DOT-regulated roles don't get to use it.
Report TypesA 5-panel drug test screens for five common drugs. A 10-panel adds five more, mostly prescription drugs. Here's what's actually in each one, what they cost, and which one fits your hiring risk.