Does Amazon Flex hire people with felonies?

What Amazon Flex has said

Amazon Flex is Amazon's independent-contractor delivery program. Amazon says Flex delivery partners must be 21 or older, have a valid U.S. driver's license, a Social Security number, insurance and a mid-size or larger vehicle, and must pass a background check that includes, but is not limited to, a review of motor vehicle records. Amazon hasn't published which records disqualify, how far back it looks, or who runs the check.

We didn't find a public statement from Amazon Flex about hiring people with records: not on its careers site, in its reports, or in its announcements. That doesn't mean it won't hire you. It means there's nothing on the record to point to.

Does Amazon Flex do background checks?

Amazon Flex runs background checks during onboarding. The Flex FAQ says partners must pass a background check that includes, but is not limited to, motor vehicle records; it doesn't list other parts. Identity is checked through a U.S. driver's license upload and a photo, and Amazon says it may create a facial scan from that photo and keep it for up to 30 days for fraud prevention.¹

• Driving record
• Identity

• How long a background check takes

Amazon Flex's published screening rules

Minimum age

21

Read Amazon Flex's full criteria

Does Amazon Flex drug test?

Amazon Flex hasn't published a drug testing policy. Some job postings say whether a test is required, so check the listing for the role you want.

Rules for specific jobs

• Amazon Flex delivery partners

  Amazon lists 21 as the minimum age and requires a valid U.S. driver's license and a mid-size or larger vehicle.²

• Active delivery partners

  The Amazon Flex Deactivation Policy (effective January 1, 2025) covers deactivation for terms-of-service and service-standard violations but doesn't describe background check criteria; it points to the Independent Contractor Terms of Service inside the Flex app.³

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.^5,6,7
• 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."^5,6
• You have the right to dispute inaccurate or incomplete information in your background report directly with the company that made it.^5,8
• 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.^9,10
• 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).^9,11

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.^5,8,12
• 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.¹³
• 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.^14,15

See whether you can clear your record in your state