Pre-employment screening in Australia
Join Zinc for background checks in Australia and around the world.
Checks and features
Your essential Australian checks, automated
National Police Certificate
To keep your business secure, Zinc runs National Police Certificate (NPC) checks nationwide, with all conviction types covered.
Near-instant results
65% of Zinc's checks return near-instant results, so you can get your workforce started faster. For the rest of our checks, automation helps return faster than average results.
Centralised compliance
See check progress and dive into country-specific results all from one central dashboard. Zinc also integrates directly with your HR tech stack at no cost to send results directly to your preferred ATS or HRIS.
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Average education check completion
Fast, reliable global results
65% of Zinc’s checks return near-instant results, and the rest use bundled checks and automation to return results faster than average. Want to see for yourself? All our turnaround times, including global criminal and education checks, are live on our website.
Built-in adaptability
If you’ve got questions about global hiring, Zinc’s team is available to help you understand your requirements. Build custom checks packages to make sure you’re checking consistently across different hiring regions and candidates aren’t providing more data than necessary.
Seamless integrations
Zinc integrates with 20+ ATS or HRIS systems to keep all your checks results in one place. Send checks and receive results straight into your preferred platform, or build directly through our open API. All of our integrations are free, and most can be set up in minutes.
“Zinc has been good, the main benefit for us has been the time saved. Before, references were a killer, trying to get hold of people and chase up emails. With Zinc, it is a far more robust way of doing it and the international scope for checks has been important for us as well.”
Checks that work everywhere you do
Fully visibility, transparent pricing, and adaptable checks for borderless hiring.
Industry-leading global turnaround times
Adaptive checks, not extra admin
Integrated with your HR tech stacking
Truly transparent pricing
Pricing
Built for global teams
Whether you're a growing team or an enterprise hiring across borders, Zinc has a plan for you.
Under 20 hires annually
Pay As You Grow
Get started in minutes. Our Pay As You Grow plan is built for lower hiring volumes — a flat rate per check, with no hidden costs or setup fees.
Start checking in minutes, no setup needed
Flat rates per check, no hidden fees
Pay only for what you check, every month
20+ hires annually
Custom solutions
For larger volumes, our experts build a plan around your needs. Credit is flexible with your hiring and never expires, with integrations, setup, training, and support all included for free.
A custom plan built around your hiring
Credit pool that rolls over and never expires
Integrations, setup, and training included for free
What pre-employment screening checks are standard in Australia?
Standard pre-employment screening in Australia includes a National Police Certificate issued by the AFP, employment reference checks, education and qualification verification, and right to work checks.
These checks are typically run after a conditional job offer, and the whole process sits under the Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles, which require you to collect candidate consent and proportionate data collection. Some states also have specific anti-discrimination laws that can limit the checks you’re allowed to run.
What is an AFP National Police Certificate?
An AFP National Police Certificate is Australia's standard criminal background check, issued by the Australian Federal Police and recognised nationwide across every state and territory. Candidates provide a signed consent form, and Zinc submits the request and returns a signed digital report once it clears.
How does Zinc comply with Australian privacy law?
Zinc complies with the Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles, which govern how personal information gets collected, used, and stored for screening purposes. You’re required to collect candidate consent before you start any checks.
Can Zinc run checks for our Australian employees alongside our global workforce?
Yes, that's exactly what Zinc is built for. Your Australian hiring sits on the same platform as your other international hires, so you’re using one centralised system instead of paying for localised solutions.
All your checks progress is available in a centralised dashboard, including country-by-country breakdowns. If you have multiple hiring teams globally, user groups allow you to share checks packages across Zinc without exposing candidate data to users who don’t need to see it.
What should Australian employers know about background check timing?
Australian employers typically run pre-employment checks after a conditional job offer, in line with Privacy Act guidance on proportionate data collection. Running checks earlier, before that conditional offer, carries more legal risk.
Zinc's platform supports that conditional-offer-stage workflow, with candidate invitations triggered automatically from your ATS.