Clearview is a global responsible recruitment certification scheme for labour recruiters and providers
Why become certified?
Clearview enables labour providers to demonstrate to existing and potential clients that they operate responsibly, professionally, legally and ethically in their sourcing and supply of workers.
It provides users of labour providers and the brands and retailers that buy their goods and services with an independent way of demonstrating due diligence.
Download the Clearview Scheme Brochure to find out more.
Labour Providers
Clearview certification supports your business to differentiate in the marketplace as a responsible recruiter. The independent audit can be shared with all clients helping to reduce audit duplication and cost.
Register your interest to find out more on a no-obligation basis.
Audit bodies
Clearview certification follows a management systems methodology to deliver a consistent, global approach for the assurance and continuous improvement of responsible recruitment practices in supply chains.
Register your interest in becoming an approved audit body for the Clearview Scheme.
FAQ
What is Clearview?
Clearview is a certification scheme that enables labour providers to demonstrate that they operate responsibly, professionally, legally and ethically in the sourcing and supply of workers.
What are the benefits of being Clearview certified?
Clearview certification demonstrates that a labour provider is operating responsibly and provides competitive advantage through market differentiation.
The scheme creates trust and increased transparency in labour supply chains and, as an independent audit shared with many clients, it reduces audit duplication, thus saving time and cost.
Who owns and operates Clearview?
Clearview is an initiative of Stronger Together, an impact driven, not for profit organisation providing businesses with practical training, resources, business services and collaborative programmes in order to create a world where all workers are recruited responsibly and have fair work free from exploitation.
Who can apply for Clearview Certification?
Any business that supplies labour to another business.
How much does it cost?
There is a one off charge of £85 + VAT for each Labour Provider to register with the Scheme. On receipt of this fee, the Labour Provider will be confirmed as a Scheme Registrant and issued a list of approved Audit Bodies through whom the audit can be commissioned as well as given access to the Clearview Technical Standards and Control Points.
Each Audit Body will charge for the audit, renewal, expenses and any other costs incurred. These should be discussed directly with your chosen Audit Body.
Once a Labour Provider is ready to move ahead with the certification process, they will pay the Scheme Management fee and become a formal Scheme Applicant. On payment of the Scheme Management fee, they will access:
- An induction call with the Clearview team
- A suite of technical tutorial training videos guiding labour providers through the standards they will be audited against
- Access to an RRT Online Tool ‘Full-Free’ subscription to support in building capacity and self-assessing against the Clearview standards
The Scheme requires a re-audit and submission by the Audit Body of a Certification report, appropriate to the scope of the business to be certified, within 12 months of the date of previous certification to maintain certification validity. In the case of Scheme Members with Leading status this period will be 18 months.
To view the Clearview fee schedule please click here.
What is the registration fee for?
The labour provider is required to register with the Scheme and pay a nominal fee which may change from time to time and is a commitment to proceed with the Scheme registration process.
It is not binding and a labour provider may withdraw from the Scheme at any stage. However, monies paid are not refundable.
Following review and acceptance of the registration and receipt of the fee, the labour provider becomes a Scheme Registrant.
How do I register and apply for Clearview?
Labour Providers and Audit Bodies can register their interest in the scheme here. Clearview will then send them the relevant documentation to complete an application to the Scheme.
What is the application process for a labour providers and what’s required?
As a labour provider, you register with Clearview and, on receipt of payment, you are issued with a list of audit bodies to choose from. With your chosen audit body, you can begin the pre-audit planning. The audit body will guide you through this. The audit body will determine the number and type of sites to visit based on the information you supply.
Upon applying, how long will the process take before I become Clearview certified?
This is dependent on scheduling of the audit and addressing any non-compliances that arise. A follow up visit may be required.
Standards
The technical standards are mapped to existing and developing good practices including: the IOM International Recruitment Integrity System (IRIS) code of conduct, the ILO Fair Recruitment initiative, the Institute of Business and Human Rights Dhaka Principles and Employer Pays Principle, the Global Social Compliance Code, the CIETT Code of Conduct, the ETI Base Code, SMETA and BSCI methodologies and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
Please refer questions on the technical standards and control points to clearview@responsiblerecruitmenttoolkit.org
If you have any other questions that are not answered here or on our website, please use the Contact Us page.
How do I get a copy of the standards?
You can download an overview of the Clearview Technical Standards here.
Clearview Scheme Registrants registered on the RRT Online Tool can access the control points and detail of the compliance criteria of the scheme via www.responsiblerecruitmenttoolkit.org/clearview-standards/. The Clearview Control Points are accessible only by Scheme Registrants and Applicants.
Please note that there is online access only.
I am a Labour User, can I benefit from Clearview?
Clearview is a certification scheme for Labour Providers and so as a Labour User you cannot be certified as such but your involvement in the scheme would have the following benefits:
- ‘Beyond Compliance’ scheme methodology drives continuous improvement in ethical and operational labour supply standards
- Independent audit to certified standards provides due diligence to ensure brand protection, reduced exposure and potential liability
- Independent audit to certified standards provides customer, investor and shareholder reassurance, confirming ethical treatment of contingent labour in the workplace
- RRT provides a template ‘Responsible Recruitment Policy’ which is applicable to both labour providers/recruiters and their clients.
For more information please contact us.
As a Labour Provider what are my next steps?
Register interest – get in contact with Clearview on a no-fee, no obligation basis. Simply confirm contact details here. We will then get in touch to share further information and where relevant, an application form to initiate the registration process.