Private Georgia Employers and Mandatory E-Verify Use to Begin January 2012
November 30, 2011The Georgia Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act (H.B. 87) mandates that every private employer with more than ten (10) employees must enroll in E-Verify by 2013. Specifically, the law mandates that private Georgia businesses with 500 or more employees participate in the federal E-Verify program effective January 1, 2012. Georgia businesses with 100 to 499 employees must participate in the federal E-Verify program effective July 1, 2012, and Georgia businesses with more than ten (10) but fewer than 100 employees must participate in the federal E-Verify program effective July 1, 2013.
Proof that a private employer is participating in E-Verify, which will be required, can be demonstrated by completion of an affidavit of compliance (to be found on the Georgia Attorney General’s website).
