As part of the onboarding, Remote People offers complementary background checks in the Philippines. Simply select the Background Check when completing the new hire form on our platform and the completed check will be available for review on the platform upon completion by the candidates. In this guide, we've summarised all key questions regarding background checks in the Philippines. In case a question is not listed here, please ping us via support@joinhorizons.com and we'll get back to you.

Background checks, such as employment, identity and criminal history verification, are indeed common practices in the Philippines, particularly for foreign companies hiring local talents.

Documents: verified government ID numbers such as Social Security; clearance document information for criminal checks; certificate and license information; payslip document information. Employment History: a chronology of the candidate's employment status retrieved from government services and institutions. Remote People via Smile returns employment information as-is from the platform such as start and end dates, employer names, job titles, and other information. Estimated Income: social security contributions; annual salary calculations; computed earnings from transactions. Based on available historical data, the Remote People platform will calculate an estimated monthly income. Liabilities: the employee's outstanding liabilities particularly from government institutions such as SSS and Pag-IBIG. Reported Income: actual income as reported in source accounts such as payroll accounts, select government accounts such as the GSIS, payslips, and tax documents such as BIR Form 2316.

Simply check the button 'Yes' when completing the new hire form on our platform or request it directly with your Onboarding Specialist.

The background check is offered as a service free of charge. We want to ensure that you feel fully confident in onboarding your new hire in the Philippines.

Remote People leverages Smile API as a partner to collect all relevant data via a secure, digital process. This allows us to verify the candidate's data directly with the relevant government authorities and provide an instant background check. Steps: 1. Receive a verification email invite from Smile, Remote People's background check partner. 2. Provide your basic information. 3. Choose an account to connect. 4. Login with the government account of choice (e.g., the account for the Philippines Social Security System). 5. Login your next chosen government account. 6. Once the accounts have been connected, click Finish, and the background check report will be sent directly to the Remote People team.

Remote People believes in the sanctity of one's privacy and that our users are the owners of their personal data, and should always be in full control when and to whom they share their data. Remote People complies with all local laws around data privacy. In the Philippines, we comply with the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (RA 10173) and we help users exercise their right to Data Portability under Section 18 of the Philippine Data Privacy Act. Sharing users' data with our clients is done provided on a revocation-based model: only via explicit consent of the user via our SDK. Users can, at any point, revoke access to their data through this same means making sure they are in full control when and to whom they share their own data. All information is deleted and irretrievable once users have revoked access. We also maintain a Privacy Policy so you can be sure how your data is being used.