Florida Mandates Private Employers to Use E-Verify Starting July 1, 2023

Florida Mandates Private Employers to Use E-Verify Starting July 1, 2023

Starting July 1, 2023, Florida joins the ranks of predominantly southern states by requiring that private employers with at least 25 employees use the federal government’s E-Verify system for verification of an employee’s eligibility for employment in the United States. Federal law requires employers to complete an I-9 form and review listed acceptable supporting documents from the employee to verify employment. E-Verify is a federal program that is voluntary for private employers to use as an additional source of verification by inputting information from the completed I-9 for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to match the information against DHS records. EP currently assists production clients with E-Verify in the existing E-Verify mandatory states and is prepared to offer that same assistance to clients for productions filming in Florida.