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What is E-Verify?

Posted by Marketing Hirease on Jan 8, 2013 9:55:00 AM

E Verify Logo E-verify as defined by the Department of Homeland Security is an

      “Internet-based system that compares information from an employee's Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to data fromU.S. Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration records to confirm employment eligibility.”

E-verify is used by more than 409,000 businesses nationwide with more signing up every week. Most companies voluntarily elect to participate in the program, but sweeping legislation at the state level is now making it mandatory.

One of the many challenging issues facing organizations today is how they will remain compliant with all of the new legislation that makes it difficult to run their business. There are important changes to the E-Verify legislation that will be taking place on January 1, 2013 in the following states:

  • Georgia: Though many larger employers in the state have already been subject to the new law, smaller, private employers in the state of Georgia with 11-99 employees must E-Verify all new hires on or before July 1, 2013.  Private employers with 10 or fewer employees are exempt from this law.  This marks the final phase for employers to enroll and use E-Verify as part of Georgia’s Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011 (House Bill 87).

  • North Carolina: On January 1, 2013, private employers with 100 or more employees (but fewer than 500 employees) must use E-Verify for all new hires pursuant to Session Law 2011-263 (House Bill 36).

  • Pennsylvania: In early July, Governor Corbett’s signed Senate Bill 637 mandating all public works state contractors (and subcontractors) enroll and use E-Verify for new hires.  Act No. 127 becomes effective January 1, 2013 for all state public works contractors and subcontractors with state public works contracts worth $25,000 or more.

  • Tennessee: Tennessee’s Public Chapter No. 436 law, which mandated employers use E-Verify as early as January 1, 2012, enters its final phase of application beginning January 1, 2013.  All private employers with 6 to 199 employees must enroll and begin using E-Verify to verify its new hires no later than the January 1, 2013.

Hirease also offers an I-9 Compliance Program (EVP/Legal Right to Work) to help mitigate your risk. The Legal Right to Work feature helps you ensure that your workforce is legally authorized to work in the United States. Hirease's Form I-9 Compliance Program helps you to cost-effectively reduce your exposure to government audits, financial penalties and negative publicity resulting from non-compliance. It helps companies maintain compliance within the E-Verify regulations.

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