GA HB 87 Immigration Law

June 30th, 2011News0 comments

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In the meantime, take a look at this HR update.

The ‘Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011’ expands Georgia’s current E-Verify requirement and will phase in mandatory E-Verify usage for many private businesses through the following approach:

• Private employers in Georgia with 500 or more employees must use E-Verify for new hires on or before January 1, 2012.
• Private employers in Georgia with 100 or more employees but fewer than 500 must use E-Verify for new hires on or before July 1, 2012.
• Private employers in Georgia with between 11 and 99 employees must use E-Verify for new hires on or before July 1, 2013.
• Private employers in Georgia with 10 or fewer employees are exempt from the law.

The law, which passed both houses of the Georgia Legislature by overwhelming margins, will also expand police powers to investigate the immigration status of suspects, penalize those who transport or harbor illegal immigrants, and make it a felony to use fake identification to get a job.

“The use of E-Verify means everyone plays by the same rules – and it protects employers by giving them a federal stamp of approval on their workforce,” Governor Deal stated in the press release . “This also protects workers because those who live in the shadows of our society lack legal protections and they’re vulnerable to fraud and abuse.”

E-Verify is a free, web-based employment eligibility verification system from the government that checks employee information on the Form I-9 against Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Social Security Administration (SSA) databases. A December 2010 report from the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) showed that E-Verify immediately confirmed the employment eligibility of nearly 97.5 percent of 8.2 million new hires entered in the system during fiscal year 2009.

Contact Karen Moss, SPHR
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