Bill delays when smaller Georgia businesses must start using E-Verify

A pair of Democratic state lawmakers filed legislation last week to delay by two years when smaller Georgia businesses must start using a federal work authorization program called E-Verify.

Under current law, businesses with more than 10 employees but fewer than 100 must start using the free online program by July 1. E-Verify helps ensure newly hired employees are eligible to work in the United States.

House Bill 169 – filed by Reps. Valencia Stovall of Ellenwood and Margaret Kaiser of Atlanta – says employers with more than 10 workers but fewer than 51 wouldn’t have to start using E-Verify until July 1, 2015.