Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn Starting July 1, 2023, the state of Florida will require private employers with 25 or more employees and public employers to use E-Verify for verifying the employment eligibility of newly hired employees after the Florida legislature passed Senate Bill 1718 (SB 1718) which was signed into law by…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn The Florida legislature has passed Senate Bill 1718 (SB 1718) which requires private employers with 25 or more employees and public employers to use E-Verify for verifying the employment eligibility of new employees starting July 1, 2023. The bill was sent to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis who is…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 1, 2022, Florida Senate Bill 898 (SB 898) – also known as “Miya’s Law” in honor of Miya Marcano, a 19-year-old college student who was killed by a worker at the apartment complex where she lived in 2021 – will take effect and improve tenant safety in…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On May 25, 2022, ClearStar – a Leading HR-technology company specializing in background, drug, and medical screening services – is sponsoring a free webinar that will take “A Deep Dive Into 5 States’ Drug Testing Laws” with presenter Bill Current, President and Founding Partner of the Current…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Florida Senate Bill 898 (SB 898) – a bill known as “Miya’s Law” that would improve tenant safety in apartment buildings by requiring landlords to conduct a background check on all apartment building employees – has unanimously passed in the House and Senate and now moves to…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On November 12, 2021, Florida State Senator Linda Stewart (D-Orlando) filed Senate Bill 898 (SB 898) – also known as “Miya’s Law” – to improve tenant safety in apartments by requiring landlords to conduct background checks on all apartment building employees, according to a press release from…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On January 28, 2021, the City of Lakeland, Florida, announced the implementation of a “Ban the Box” process to remove questions about prior criminal records of job applicants from applications, and the new process took full effect on February 1, 2021, according to a news post on…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On January 7, 2020, Representative Mike Caruso (R-89th District) filed the “Evy Udell Public Safety Act” (House Bill 1129) in the Florida House of Representatives that would require all home delivery workers to undergo background checks. The bill is named for a woman who police say was…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On November 6, 2018, Florida voters approved Amendment 4 with almost 65 percent of the vote – the measure needed at least 60 percent to become law – allowing approximately 1.2 million convicted ex-offenders in the state to automatically have their voting rights restored, according to The…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn (Last updated October 18, 2018) Several county courthouses in Florida closed due to Hurricane Michael – a Category 4 hurricane that made landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida on October 10, 2018, and caused catastrophic damage – and some have remained closed, according to a list of court closures on…
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