Florida Senate Bill 1718 (SB 1718) – which was signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis in May of 2023 – requires private employers with 25 or more employees and public employers in the Sunshine State to use the E-Verify employment eligibility verification system for verifying the employment eligibility of newly hired workers starting on July 1, 2023.
SB 1718 will allow employers in Florida who are covered by the law to have 30 days to fix noncompliance with the law following the effective date of July 1, 2023. In addition, those employers covered by the law who have failed to use the E-Verify system three times in a 24-month period will be fined $1,000 per day until proof of compliance has been provided.
E-Verify is a web-based system where employers electronically confirm the employment eligibility of employees based on information from the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9). The information is then compared to records available at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA).
E-Verify is authorized by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA). With E-Verify, the employer usually receives a response within a few seconds either confirming the employee’s employment eligibility or indicating that the employee needs to take further action to complete the case. To learn more, visit E-Verify.gov.
Employment Screening Resources (ESR) is a service offering of ClearStar, a leading Human Resources technology company specializing in background checks, drug testing, and occupational health screening. ClearStar offers pre-employment screening that includes Form I-9 verifications. To learn more about workforce screening from ClearStar, contact us today.
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Thomas Ahearn is a Digital Content Editor at ClearStar, a leading Human Resources (HR) technology company specializing in background checks, drug testing, and occupational health screening. He writes about a variety of topics in the background screening industry including Artificial Intelligence (AI), "Ban the Box," class action lawsuits, credit reports, criminal records, drug testing, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Form I-9, identity theft, privacy, social media screening, and workplace violence.
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