Clearstar enters collaboration for employee ID technology

Clearstar has entered an agreement to integrate its mobile staff vetting kit into Virtual Badge, the first patented smartphone ID badging system, the company confirmed on Tuesday.

Virtual Badge, a product of Disaster Solutions, issues and displays virtual ID cards that can be managed from an employer’s smartphone, offering workplace management through the ability to track employee activity based on GPS and QR code scanning.

Monitoring time on-site, material deliveries and the management of visitors and temporary employees can be assisted with the technology, while messages, tasks, alerts and surveys can also be sent using the app.

The collaboration agreement between the two companies will see Clearstar’s technology used to enable remote identity verification by taking a photo of the employee's face and government-issued photo ID using ClearStar's ClearID solution.

Robert Vale, chief executive of ClearStar, said: "This integration provides us with another route-to-market in what we have already identified as a key growth area and we look forward to leveraging this industry-first offering to continue to expand in the on-the-go workforce management industries."

A statement from the company said that the remote ID verification capabilities of ClearID are well-suited for Virtual Badge's primary target markets of construction and engineering, healthcare, membership organisations, youth sports, industries relying on contractors or temporary workers and organisations with secure facilities.

John Simion, co-founder at Disaster Solutions, said: "We are very excited to join the ClearStar innovative family to offer, for the first time ever, badges fully integrated with industry-leading mobile facial recognition background screening solutions enabling us to provide an end-to-end service for our customers. We are impressed with their motivation to bring this solution to market quickly, and we look forward to the possibilities this partnership will continue to offer."

Clearstar’s shares were up 0.79% at 63.50p at 1636 BST.