5 States Add E-Verify Requirement For Employers

On January 1, 2012 several new E-Verify laws became effective: Now many employers in Louisiana, Alabama, Gerogia, Lousiana, South Carolina and Tennessee, must use E-Verify.

• Alabama: The new requirement goes into effect for state contractors on January 1, 2012 and for all employers and business entities on April 1, 2012
• Georgia: The new E-Verify requirement mandates that employers with 500 or more workers use E-Verify for their employees starting on January 1, 2012. As of July 1, 2012, businesses of 100 or more employees will have to start using E-Verify as well, and as of January of 2013, all businesses with 10 or more employees will have to use the system. Businesses of fewer than ten employees are exempt from the E-Verify requirement.