Does Adecco USA hire people with felonies?

What Adecco USA has said

Adecco USA is the U.S. staffing business of the Adecco Group, placing associates in jobs with client companies. Every one of the 370 U.S. Adecco postings we sampled, across 43 states and Puerto Rico, says the company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records under applicable laws and any security-clearance requirements. Adecco says that as the employer of record it handles background checks and drug screens to meet each client's requirements, so screening varies by assignment; some postings list passing a background check and drug screen. Adecco is not a Second Chance Business Coalition member.

• Fair-chance statement in a job posting

  All 370 U.S. Adecco postings we sampled on Oct. 22, 2026 (43 states and Puerto Rico, including Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Texas) end with a line saying the company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state and local laws and/or security-clearance requirements, then names California, Los Angeles and San Francisco fair-chance laws as applicable.¹

• Local fair-chance notice

  The Adecco Group's U.S. EEO statement page links the fair-chance notices required by the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County and San Francisco. These are local-law notices, not a company-wide policy.²

• Company article

  A September 2021 article for employers on Adecco's U.S. site urges businesses to drop blanket bans on people with records, to ask whether a particular record matters for the job, and to work with reentry groups, and it offers Adecco's help with recruiting and screening. It is advice to client employers; it doesn't say how Adecco screens its own associates.³

Does Adecco USA do background checks?

Adecco USA runs background checks for some roles. A January 2025 Adecco article says that, as the employer of record, Adecco screens and onboards its associates and handles the background checks and screenings that each client's requirements call for, mostly through nationally contracted vendors it doesn't name. Some postings list passing a background check, or a background check and drug screen; one Arizona drill-operator posting says employment depends on a motor vehicle record check, background check, drug screen and FMCSA Clearinghouse review. Most postings we read don't mention screening.^4,5

• Driving record
• Drug screen

• How long a background check takes

Does Adecco USA drug test?

Adecco USA drug tests for some roles. Adecco says it builds screening packages around each client's requirements and uses instant oral drug tests when it can. Some postings require a drug screen, such as a utilities drill-operator job in Mesa, Arizona; most postings we read don't mention drug testing.^4,5

Rules for specific jobs

• Assignments with client companies

  Adecco says it handles background checks and screenings according to each client's organizational and compliance needs, so whether a check or drug screen is required can change from one assignment to the next. Check the posting and ask the branch.⁴

• CDL drivers placed by Adecco

  Adecco's transportation page says its recruiters place CDL drivers and ensure DOT compliance for clients.⁶

• Commercial drivers in DOT-regulated jobs (federal rule)

  Federal rules require a verified negative drug test before a CDL driver first performs safety-sensitive work for an employer.⁷

Your rights, and how far back a check can go

• Under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), an employer must get your written permission before it gets a background report about you from a background screening company.^11,12,13
• Before an employer decides not to hire, keep, or promote you because of something in a background report, it must give you a copy of the report and a document called "A Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act."^11,12
• You have the right to dispute inaccurate or incomplete information in your background report directly with the company that made it.^11,14
• The FCRA's seven-year limit does not apply to criminal convictions, so under federal law a conviction can show up on a background report no matter how old it is.^15,16
• Under the FCRA, background and credit reports generally cannot include arrest records, civil lawsuits, or civil judgments that are more than seven years old (or older than the statute of limitations, if that is longer).^15,17

Your full background check rights

Before you apply

• You can ask a background screening company for the information it has on you, and the CFPB keeps a list of consumer reporting companies, including employment screening companies, with their contact details.^11,14,18
• According to the Clean Slate Initiative, 14 states and Washington, D.C. have passed Clean Slate laws that meet its criteria for automatically clearing eligible records: Pennsylvania, Utah, New Jersey, Connecticut, Michigan, Delaware, Virginia, California, Oklahoma, Colorado, Minnesota, New York, Illinois, and Missouri, plus D.C.¹⁹
• The Federal Bonding Program, run by the U.S. Department of Labor, lets states give employers free fidelity bonds that protect them against losses from a newly hired worker's dishonest acts, for job seekers with past justice involvement or in recovery from substance use.^20,21

See whether you can clear your record in your state