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Hello Ann,
Employers that are required to use E-Verify must complete the Employer E-Verify Certification Form, (Form RT-E Verify). Although CompUS files your reemployment tax returns (RT-6), CompUS does not have the legal authority to certify use of the E-Verify system on your behalf. Please be sure to file this certification with the State of Florida, no later than April 30, 2024.
**Reminder**
Effective July 1, 2023, private employers in Florida with 25 or more employees must use the E-Verify system to verify a new employee’s employment eligibility within three business days after the first day that the new employee begins working for pay.
Currently, all private employers in Florida must use E-Verify or Form I-9 to verify employment eligibility for all new hires.
Penalties
Effective July 1, 2024, if the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) determines that an employer failed to use the E-Verify system as required, the DEO must notify the employer and give the employer 30 days to comply. If the DEO determines that an employer failed to use the E-Verify system three times in a 24-month period, the DEO must impose a fine of $1,000 per day until the employer provides proof of compliance.
To read the E-Verify Tutorial, click here.
To review The Florida Department of Labor E-Verify frequently asked questions, click here.
If you already participate in E-Verify and have not yet posted the mandatory posters, you can download them by clicking on these links. Right to Work & Participation Poster
CompUS offers two methods to access E-Verify.
Our electronic "Hire and Onboarding" module is fully integrated with our online payroll program, PayEntry. E-Verify is an option that can be activated so that once your employee has been onboarded and the employer section is completed, you can then submit the employees' information to E-Verify. Once E-Verify is completed and everything goes through successfully, the employee is verified by Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration. If everything that the employee has entered is correct, it is approved immediately. Please contact our office for pricing.
We have also partnered with Equifax which offers their I-9 HQ™ industry-leading electronic I-9 management platform designed with the needs of you and your people at the center. With I-9 HQ™, you can provide a simpler, more efficient and timely I-9 process that is easier to use for both your HR teams and new hires.
To learn more about Equifax's I-9 HQ™, please click here to review their product information sheet.
If you would like to sign your company up for either of these options, please contact the office at (954) 714-9445 or Ann Davis at anndavis@compuspayroll.com.
Warm regards,
Your CompUS Staff
Source: https://www.payroll.org/news-resources/news/news-detail/2023/06/02/florida-requires-certain-private-employers-to-use-e-verify-beginning-july
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