ClearStar
Employment screening and background check platform with compliance support for hiring
ClearStar is an employment screening platform that handles background checks, drug and occupational health testing, pre-employment screening, employee monitoring, social media screening, and instant criminal screening through Smart Screen by Equifax. It addresses the complexity of running compliant hiring and ongoing workforce screening programs across federal, state, and international requirements.
Core capabilities include ClearMD for drug and occupational health screening with real-time updates, AI-enhanced social media screening that flags risk patterns, continuous employee monitoring with automated record checks, and a compliance rules engine with real-time regulatory checks. The platform offers pre-adverse and adverse action processing support, Form I-9 and E-Verify employment eligibility verification, interactive compliance maps covering marijuana legality and state drug testing laws, and integration with existing HR systems. Security and compliance certifications include PBSA accreditation, ISO 27001 and ISO 27701, SOC 2 Type 2 validation, and Data Privacy Framework certification.
ClearStar serves employers across industries including aerospace and defense, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, non-profits, retail, staffing and recruiting, and transportation. The company has operated for over 30 years. Packaging details such as free plans, trials, editions, or seat-based and usage-based pricing are not specified on the pages provided.
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