Does Love's Travel Stops hire people with felonies?

What Love's Travel Stops has said

Love's Travel Stops hasn't published a policy on hiring people with criminal records that we could find, and it is not on the Second Chance Business Coalition member list. Manager postings (store, restaurant and site general managers, an assistant manager, a food service manager), a truck care service advisor and an alternative fuels technician posting require passing a pre-employment drug screen and background check, and Class A fuel tanker driver postings say offers may be conditioned on a background check report and/or drug screen acceptable to Love's. The cashier, restaurant, kitchen, tire, maintenance and diesel technician postings we read don't mention either. Tanker driver jobs also fall under federal DOT rules.

We didn't find a public statement from Love's Travel Stops 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 Love's Travel Stops do background checks?

Love's Travel Stops runs background checks for some roles. Postings for management and some specialist roles require passing a pre-employment background check and drug screen: a site general manager (Bellefontaine, OH), an assistant manager (Springfield, CO, which adds a motor vehicle check), restaurant general managers (Carlin, NV), a general manager in training (Palestine, AR), a food service manager (Clayton, NM), a truck care service advisor (White House, TN, where additional screening may include a motor vehicle check or DOT physical) and an alternative fuels technician (Syracuse, NY). Class A fuel tanker driver postings (Eagleville and Bevier, MO; Anna and Hutchins, TX) say all offers of employment may be conditioned on a background check report and/or drug screen acceptable to Love's. The cashier, restaurant, kitchen, tire, maintenance and diesel technician postings we read in many states say nothing about a background check. Love's hasn't published what a check covers beyond the motor vehicle check, how far back it looks, the vendor, or how results are weighed.^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14}

• Driving record

• How long a background check takes

Does Love's Travel Stops drug test?

Love's Travel Stops drug tests for some roles. The manager, truck care service advisor and alternative fuels technician postings listed under background check require passing a pre-employment drug screen, and the Class A fuel tanker driver postings say offers may be conditioned on a drug screen acceptable to Love's. The cashier, restaurant, kitchen, tire, maintenance and diesel technician postings we read don't mention a drug test. Love's hasn't published a company-wide drug testing policy or a position on marijuana. Tanker drivers hold a CDL, so the federal rule described under role notes also applies.^{1,2,3,4,5,6,9,11,12}

Rules for specific jobs

• Class A fuel tanker drivers (CDL, hazardous materials)

  (federal rule) FMCSA says that, generally, CDL drivers who operate commercial motor vehicles on public roads are subject to DOT drug and alcohol testing, and an employer must receive a negative pre-employment drug test result before permitting a CDL driver to operate a commercial vehicle.¹⁵

• Class A fuel tanker drivers needing a hazardous materials (HazMat) endorsement

  (federal rule) Under 49 CFR 1572.5 and 1572.103, TSA treats a disqualifying criminal offense as grounds to deny a hazardous materials endorsement. Section 1572.103 lists permanent disqualifying offenses and interim disqualifying offenses; the interim ones count if the conviction was within seven years of applying or the person was released from incarceration within five years of applying, and a person who is wanted or under indictment for a listed felony is disqualified until that is resolved. Applicants may apply to TSA for a waiver of certain standards. Check the full list before applying for a HazMat endorsement.¹⁶

• Class A fuel tanker drivers (company policy)

  (company policy) Love's tanker driver postings say each driver must hold a CDL and the endorsements the job needs (HazMat, Tanker, Doubles/Triples), be at least 21, meet FMCSA qualification requirements, and have 1 to 2 years of verifiable over-the-road experience or certification from an accredited truck driving academy.¹

• Store, restaurant and site managers; truck care service advisors

  (company policy) Love's manager postings we opened (site general manager, assistant manager, restaurant general manager, general manager in training, food service manager) and a truck care service advisor posting require passing a pre-employment drug screen and background check; the assistant manager posting adds a motor vehicle check and a valid driver's license.⁴

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.^26,27,28
• 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."^26,27
• You have the right to dispute inaccurate or incomplete information in your background report directly with the company that made it.^26,29
• 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.^30,31
• 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).^30,32

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.^26,29,33
• 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.³⁴
• 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.^35,36

See whether you can clear your record in your state