Does Shipt hire people with felonies?

What Shipt has said

Shipt says shoppers must be at least 18 and have a valid U.S. driver's license, Social Security number and auto insurance. It runs a motor vehicle report and a criminal background check, including key registry and federal database searches, through Checkr, and says it follows state and federal law. Shipt's access guidelines say shoppers can lose access for failing an initial or later check, but Shipt hasn't published which records disqualify or how far back it looks.

We didn't find a public statement from Shipt 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 Shipt do background checks?

Shipt runs background checks during onboarding. Shipt says it obtains a motor vehicle report and a criminal background check that includes searches of multiple federal databases and key registries, done through Checkr in line with state and federal law. Shipt doesn't say which registries are searched.^1,2

• Driving record
• Criminal history

Shipt names Checkr as its screening company. You can ask Checkr for a copy of any report it prepares about you.^1,2

• How Checkr checks work: status, timing and disputes
• How long a background check takes

Shipt's published screening rules

Screening company

Checkr

Minimum age

18

Checks after you start

later checks mentioned (Shipt's guidelines refer to 'subsequent' checks; frequency not published)

Read Shipt's full criteria

Does Shipt drug test?

Shipt 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

• Active shoppers

  Shipt's Shopper App Access Guidelines (last updated November 14, 2024) list failing an initial or subsequent criminal background check or motor vehicle report check as a reason for losing access, consistent with applicable laws.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.^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