Does Tractor Supply hire people with felonies?

What Tractor Supply has said

Tractor Supply has not published a policy on hiring people with criminal records. Its applicant privacy policy says it may run lawful background screenings, will give applicants authorization forms, and may share applicant data with credit and criminal background check companies. It has not published which roles are screened, when, or whether it drug tests.

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

Tractor Supply runs background checks. The Tractor Supply Applicant Data Privacy Policy says the company may conduct lawful background screenings, may contact former employers, will provide acknowledgment and authorization forms, and may share data with credit and criminal background check companies. It does not name a vendor or say which roles are checked.^1,2

• Criminal history
• Credit
• Past jobs

• How long a background check takes

Does Tractor Supply drug test?

Tractor Supply 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.

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.^4,5,6
• 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."^4,5
• You have the right to dispute inaccurate or incomplete information in your background report directly with the company that made it.^4,7
• 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.^8,9
• 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).^8,10

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.^4,7,11
• 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.¹²
• 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.^13,14

See whether you can clear your record in your state