How do you qualify to be bonded?

Answer 1

As far as I know in California, normally employers will not bond a felon or someone with current/existing warrants for their arrest; however, this is not the case in all states. I would recommend contacting your local Attorney General's office or even the District Attorney's office (with the state) and perhaps they could guide you to the correct source. Most positions that involve money have their employees bonded. It's rather like insurance on you that you won't steal anything. Good Luck!!

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You really need to contact your state's Employment and Securities Council or Commission. You may be bonded for many different professions, such as a "licensed and bonded tree trimmer".

If you are an individual with a "previous life" from a conviction for a felony or some misdemeanors, depending again on your state, or even bad credit, it refers to a Federal Fidelity Bond. It bonds applicants that have barriers preventing them from entering the workforce. These bonds are issued for a six month duration, beginning upon the first day of employment.

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In California, the dept of labor (DOL) created the Federal Bonding Program as an employer job-hire incentive that guaranteed the job honesty of at-risk job seekers. Federal financing of fidelity bond insurance, issued free-of-charge to employers, enables the delivery of bonding services as a unique job placement tool to assist ex-offenders and other at risk or hard-to-place job applicants (e.g. recovering substance abusers, welfare recipients, individuals with poor credit, etc.). The Employment Development Department (EDD) administers this program on behalf of DOL.

Fidelity Bonding is insurance purchased to indemnify employers for loss of money or property suffered through the dishonest acts of their employees (i.e., theft, forgery, larceny and embezzlement). Employers receive the bonds free-of-charge as an incentive to hire hard-to-place job applicants as wage earners. The fidelity bond insurance reimburses the employer for any loss occurred through employee theft of money or property with no deductible amount becoming the employer's liability, which equals to 100% bond insurance coverage.

For years the EDD offered bonding services in the Workforce Services offices (formerly known as Job Service). This directive expands this service to Local Workforce Investment Areas and endorses the "user-friendly" character of the Federal Bonding Program by adopting the key features as follows:

• No special application forms the job seeker has to complete

• No papers for employers submittal or sign for free bond incentive to hire.

• No follow-up and no termination actions on bonds issued.

• No deductible in bond insurance amount from wayward employees.

• No Federal regulations covered on bonds issued.

National management and direction for the Federal bonding Program is provided by The McLaughlin Company in Washington, D.C., under contract with dept. of labor Employment and Training Admin.

Eligibility for Bonding Services

In order to qualify or be chosen for bonding, job seekers must have a firm job offer and have the legal citizenship. Registration in the Wagner-Peyser Act program or enrollment in the Workforce Investment Act program is not required for bonding. Individuals eligible for bonding services include:

• Any at-risk job applicant is eligible for bonding services, including ex-offender, recovering substance abusers (alcohol or drugs), welfare recipients and other persons with poor financial credit, economically disadvantaged youth and adults who lack a work history, individuals dishonorably discharged from the military.

• Current employees who are not bond-able under the employer's insurance and who need bonding in order to secure a promotion to a new job requiring bonding or to prevent layoff or termination.

• Anyone who cannot secure employment without bonding.

All workers legal age requirements (18 years old) for working in California and be paid wages with federal and state taxes automatically deducted.

Policy and Procedure

Go to your local EDD location or visit the EDD website for Policy and Procedure; also Reporting for Registered and Enrolled Participants, Continuation of Bond Coverages and Retention and Confidentiality of Records.

ACTION:

Bring this to the attention of appropriate staff.

INQUIRIES:

If you have any questions, please contact your Regional Adviser.

Answer 2

It means they will do a background check to see if you have a criminal record. In this context, a bond is usually a written agreement by which a person insures he will pay a certain sum of money if he does not perform certain duties properly. In other situations, it might be an insurance policy used to ensure a legal representative will do his job and not misuse or steal funds he is controlling. The bond guarantees that a certain amount of money will be paid if a party is injured due to acts of the legal representative. There are many types of bonds for many different situations. I property might require a general contractor to obtain a payment bond. If the owner pays the general contractor and the general fails to pay subcontrators, the subcontractors can make a claim agaist the bonding company.

Answer 3

You usually have to have a clean criminal history with no felonies or numerous misdemeanors. It is not hard to become bonded for a job.

Answer 4

To be bonded you must have a clean background check. No felonies are permitted and depending on the bonding agency and job, you may not be able to have misdemeanors in your history.

Answer 5

what is the criteria for being bondable?

Answer 6

get a bond