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MS Code § 71-1-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 1 - Employer and Employee|§ 71-1-37. Discounting trade checks prohibited

 Every person, company, association, partnership, manufacturing company, or railroad company now existing or hereafter organized in this state engaged in employing labor for manufacturing purposes, or any railroad within this state shall be prohibited from discounting any trade check, coupons, or other written instrument issued for the payment of such labor. It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, corporation, or trade establishment purchasing said trade checks, coupons, or other instruments issued for the payment of such labor to discount the same. Any person, partnership, corporation, or trade establishment purchasing the same at a discount, or any company, corporation, railroad, or other person issuing said checks, coupons, or other written instruments who shall discount the same in settlement with the employees shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) and not more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each offense.
MS Code § 71-1-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 1 - Employer and Employee|§ 71-1-39. Trade checks must be paid in cash

 All persons, firms, or corporations engaged in manufacturing and issuing trade checks, coupons, or other instruments of writing in payment for labor shall, on or after the regular pay day, cash said check or checks so issued at their face value less any amount that may be due by the party to whom issued. Any such person, firm, or corporation so engaged in manufacturing and failing to settle such claim as herein required shall be liable to pay to the holder thereof twenty-five per cent. (25%) on the face of said check as damages in the event any suit or action shall be brought to enforce the payment thereof. This section shall only apply when the amount claimed is One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or less.
MS Code § 71-1-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 1 - Employer and Employee|§ 71-1-41. Employee trust plan

 A trust of real or personal property, or real and personal property combined, created either heretofore or hereafter by an employer as part of a pension plan, disability or death benefit plan, or profit-sharing plan for the exclusive benefit of some or all of his or its employees, to which contributions are made by such employer or employees, or both, for the purpose of distributing to such employees the earnings and the principal of such trust, shall not be deemed to be invalid as violating any existing laws against perpetuities, restraints on alienation, suspension of the power of alienation, or the accumulation of income; but such a trust may continue for such time as may be necessary to accomplish the purpose for which it may be created.   No trust of real or personal property, or real and personal property combined, created either heretofore or hereafter under a retirement plan for which provision has been made under the laws of the United States of America exempting such trust from federal income tax shall be deemed to be invalid as violating any existing laws against perpetuities, restraints on alienation, suspension of the power of alienation of title to property, or the accumulation of income; but such a trust may continue for such time as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes for which it may be created, may be permitted to accumulate the income arising from the property held therein until such time as such income shall become distributable to the beneficiary or beneficiaries under the terms of the trust, may according to its terms be made irrevocable, and the interests of its beneficiary or beneficiaries therein may be made nontransferable by assignment or otherwise.
MS Code § 71-1-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 1 - Employer and Employee|§ 71-1-43. Income or principal of employee trust plan not to be encumbered

 The income or principal payable to a beneficiary or beneficiaries under any trust created by an employer as part of a pension plan, disability or death benefit plan, profit-sharing plan, or under any trust created under a retirement plan for which provision has been made under the laws of the United States of America exempting such trust from federal income tax shall not be pledged, assigned, transferred, sold, or in any manner whatsoever accelerated, anticipated, or encumbered by the beneficiary or beneficiaries. Nor shall any income or principal be in any manner subject or liable in the hands of the trustee for the debts, contracts, or engagements of the beneficiary or beneficiaries, or be subject to any assignment or other involuntary alienation or disposition whatsoever. Nor shall any income or principal be subject to the levy of any execution, writ of attachment, or garnishment thereon.
MS Code § 71-1-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 1 - Employer and Employee|§ 71-1-45. Assignment or pledge of wages

 No assignment or pledge of wages, in any form, made or executed directly or collaterally in the payment of, or as security for, the purchase of or contract to purchase any goods, wares, or merchandise shall be valid against or binding upon any employer, or the wages of any employee in the hands of, or owing, or to become owing to such employee, unless the assignee or pledgee thereof shall, prior to the delivery of the goods, wares, or merchandise so purchased or prior to consummation of any contract to purchase the same, serve upon the employer of such assignor, or pledgor, a duly executed copy of such assignment, or pledge, or contract to purchase and obtain such employer's acceptance of notice thereof and agreement in writing to be bound by the terms of such assignment or pledge.
MS Code § 71-1-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 1 - Employer and Employee|§ 71-1-47. Denial or abridgment of work

 It is hereby declared to be the public policy of Mississippi that the right of a person or persons to work shall not be denied or abridged on account of membership or non-membership in any labor union or labor organization:   Any agreement or combination between any employer and any labor union or labor organization whereby any person not a member of such union or organization shall be denied the right to work for an employer, or whereby such membership is made a condition of employment or continuation of employment by such employer, or whereby any such union or organization acquires an employment monopoly in any enterprise, is hereby declared to be an illegal combination or conspiracy and against public policy.   No person shall be required by an employer to become or remain a member of any labor union or labor organization as a condition of employment or continuation of employment by such employer.   No person shall be required by an employer to abstain or refrain from membership in any labor union or labor organization as a condition of employment or continuation of employment.   No employer shall require any person, as a condition of employment or continuation of employment, to pay any dues, fees, or other charges of any kind to any labor union or labor organization.   Any person who may be denied employment or be deprived of continuation of his employment in violation of any paragraph of this section shall be entitled to recover from such employer and from any other person, firm, corporation, or association acting in concert with him, by appropriate action in the courts of this state, such actual damages as he may have sustained by reason of such denial or deprivation of employment.   The provisions of this section shall not apply to any lawful contract now in force, but they shall apply to all contracts hereafter entered into and to any renewal or extension of an existing contract hereafter occurring.   The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employer or employee under the jurisdiction of the Federal Railway Labor Act.
MS Code § 71-1-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 1 - Employer and Employee|§ 71-1-49. Certain persons prohibited from labor management functions

  No person who is an alien, or who is or has been a member of the Communist Party, or who has been convicted of or served any part of a prison term resulting from his conviction of robbery, bribery, extortion, embezzlement, grand larceny, burglary, arson, violation of narcotics laws, murder, rape, assault with intent to kill, or conspiracy to commit any such crimes, shall serve:   as an officer, director, trustee, member of any executive board or similar governing body, business agent, manager, organizer, or other employee (other than as an employee performing exclusively clerical or custodial duties) of any labor organization, or as a manager, or any person occupying a bargaining position with industry, or   as a labor relations consultant either of a labor organization or of an employer or both, or as an officer, director, agent, or employee (other than as an employee performing exclusively clerical or custodial duties) of any group or association of employers dealing with any labor organization, during or for five (5) years after the termination of his membership in the Communist Party, or for five (5) years after such conviction, or after the end of such imprisonment. No labor organization, group or association of employers, or officer thereof shall knowingly permit any person to assume or hold any office or paid position in violation of this section.     Any person who willfully violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned for not more than one (1) year, or both.   For the purposes of this section, any person shall be deemed to have been "convicted" and under the disability of "conviction" from the date of the judgment of the trial court or the date of the final sustaining of such judgment on appeal, whichever is the later event, regardless of whether such conviction occurred before or after July 1, 1960.
MS Code § 71-1-53 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 1 - Employer and Employee|§ 71-1-53. Penalty for violation of this chapter

 Any corporation or person or manager of any company or partnership who violates any of the provisions of this chapter for which a penalty is not otherwise provided shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) for each offense; and each day's violation shall constitute a separate offense.
MS Code § 71-1-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 1 - Employer and Employee|§ 71-1-55. Discrimination against breast-feeding mother who uses lawful break time to express milk prohibited

 No employer shall prohibit an employee from expressing breast milk during any meal period or other break period provided by the employer.
MS Code § 71-7-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 7 - Drug and Alcohol Testing of Employees|§ 71-7-5. Conduct of testing generally; authorized types of tests

  Except as otherwise provided in Section 71-7-27, all drug and alcohol testing conducted by employers shall be in conformity with the standards established in this section, other applicable provisions of this chapter, and all applicable regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter.   An employer is authorized to conduct the following types of drug and alcohol tests:   Employers may require job applicants to submit to a drug and alcohol test as a condition of the employment application and may use a refusal to submit to a test or positive confirmed test result as a basis for refusal to hire.   An employer may require all employees to submit to reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. There is created a rebuttable presumption that the employer had reasonable suspicion to test for drugs if the specimen provided by the employee tested positive for drugs in a confirmatory drug test.   An employer may require all employees to submit to neutral selection drug and alcohol testing pursuant to Section 71-7-9.   An employer may administer drug and alcohol testing or require that the employee submit himself to drug and alcohol testing as provided under Section 71-3-121 in the event that the employee sustains an injury at work or asserts a work-related injury.
MS Code § 71-7-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 7 - Drug and Alcohol Testing of Employees|§ 71-7-7. Neutral selection drug and alcohol testing; routine testing; testing of employees participating in rehabilitation

  Subject to the provisions of this chapter and any applicable collective bargaining agreement or contract, any nongovernment employer may require as a condition of employment or as a condition of continued employment that employees submit to neutral selection drug and alcohol testing.   Subject to the provisions of this chapter, any government employer may require as a condition of employment or as a condition of continued employment that employees submit to neutral selection drug and alcohol testing; provided, however, that the employees tested and the criteria for such testing shall be determined by the government employer, based upon the extent to which the government employer:   Is engaged in law enforcement;   Has national or state security responsibilities;   Has drug interdiction responsibilities; or   Has positions which:   Authorize employees to carry firearms;   Give employees access to sensitive information;   Authorize employees to engage in law enforcement;   Require employees, as a condition of employment, to obtain a security clearance; or   Require employees to engage in activities affecting public health or safety.       An employer may require an employee to submit to a drug and alcohol test if the test is conducted as part of a routinely scheduled employee fitness for duty medical examination that is part of the employer's established policy and/or which is scheduled routinely for all members of an employment classification or group.   An employer may require an employee to submit to neutral selection or routine drug and alcohol tests if the employee in the course of his employment enters a drug abuse rehabilitation program, and as a follow-up to such rehabilitation, or if previous drug and alcohol testing of the employee within a twelve-month period resulted in a positive confirmed test result, or the drug and alcohol test is conducted in accordance with the terms of an applicable collective bargaining agreement or contract that permits the employer to administer drug and alcohol tests on a neutral selection or routine basis.   If an employee is participating in drug abuse rehabilitation, drug and alcohol testing may be conducted by the rehabilitation provider as deemed appropriate by the provider.
MS Code § 71-7-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 7 - Drug and Alcohol Testing of Employees|§ 71-7-11. Conduct of confirmation tests

 Only laboratories shall conduct confirmation drug and alcohol tests. All confirmation tests shall use an alternate method of equal or greater sensitivity than that used on the initial drug and alcohol test. If an initial drug and alcohol test is negative, there shall be no confirmation drug and alcohol test.
MS Code § 71-7-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 7 - Drug and Alcohol Testing of Employees|§ 71-7-15. Confidentiality of information related to drug and alcohol testing; discharge or discipline of employee for refusal to consent to authorized release of information

  All information, interviews, reports, statements, memoranda and test results, written or otherwise, received by the employer through its drug and alcohol testing program are confidential communications and may not be used or received in evidence, obtained in discovery, or disclosed in any public or private proceedings, except in accordance with this chapter.   Any information obtained by an employer pursuant to this chapter shall be the property of the employer.   An employer shall not release to any person other than the employee or job applicant, or employer medical, supervisory or other personnel, as designated by the employer on a need to know basis, information related to drug and alcohol test results unless:   The employee or job applicant has expressly, in writing, granted permission for the employer to release such information;   It is necessary to introduce a positive confirmed test result into an arbitration proceeding pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, an administrative hearing under applicable state or local law, or a judicial proceeding, provided that information is relevant to the hearing or proceeding, or the information must be disclosed to a federal or state agency or other unit of the state or United States government as required under law, regulation or order, or in accordance with compliance requirements of a state or federal government contract, or disclosed to a drug abuse rehabilitation program for the purpose of evaluation or treatment of an employee; or   There is a risk to public health or safety that can be minimized or prevented by the release of such information; provided, however, that unless such risk is immediate, a court order permitting the release shall be obtained prior to the release of the information.     The confidentiality provisions provided for in this section shall not apply to other parts of an employee's or job applicant's personnel or medical files.   If an employee refuses to sign a written consent form for release of information to persons as permitted in this chapter, the employer shall not be barred from discharging or disciplining the employee.
MS Code § 71-7-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 7 - Drug and Alcohol Testing of Employees|§ 71-7-19. Disclosure and contents of laboratory test result reports

  A laboratory shall disclose to the employer a written test result report within five (5) working days after the test.   All laboratory reports of a test result shall, at a minimum, state:   The name and address of the laboratory that performed the test and the positive identification of the person tested;   Any positive confirmed drug and alcohol test results on a specimen which tested positive on an initial test, or a negative drug and alcohol test result on a specimen; provided, however, that reports should not make reference to initial or confirmatory tests when reporting positive or negative results;   A list of the drugs tested for;   The type of tests conducted for both initial and confirmation tests and the cut-off levels of the tests; and   The report shall not disclose the presence or absence of any physical or mental condition or of any drug other than the specific drug and its metabolites that an employer requests to be identified.
MS Code § 71-7-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 7 - Drug and Alcohol Testing of Employees|§ 71-7-21. Promulgation of rules by State Board of Health

 The State Board of Health shall adopt rules concerning:   Standards for drug and alcohol testing laboratory certification, suspension and revocation of certification;   Body specimens that are appropriate for drug and alcohol testing;   Methods of analysis and procedures to ensure reliable drug and alcohol testing results, including standards for initial tests and confirmatory tests;   Guidelines on how to establish cut-off detection levels for drugs or their metabolites for the purposes of determining a positive test result;   Chain-of-custody procedures to ensure proper identification, labeling and handling of specimens being tested; and   Retention and storage procedures to ensure reliable results on confirmation tests and retests.
MS Code § 71-7-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 7 - Drug and Alcohol Testing of Employees|§ 71-7-23. Civil actions for damages and injunctive relief for violations of chapter authorized; award of attorney fees

  A person alleging a violation of this chapter may bring an action for injunction relief or damages, or both.   For the purposes of this chapter, damages shall be limited to the recovery of compensatory damages directly resulting from injury or loss caused by each violation of this chapter.   A person or collective bargaining agent may bring an action under this section only after first exhausting all applicable grievance procedures and arbitration proceeding requirements under a collective bargaining agreement; provided, however, that the person's right to bring an action under this section shall not be affected by a decision of a collective bargaining agent not to pursue a grievance.   If a violation of this chapter is found and damages are awarded, reasonable attorney fees may be awarded to the person if the court or arbitrator finds that an employer has knowingly or recklessly violated this chapter.
MS Code § 71-7-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 7 - Drug and Alcohol Testing of Employees|§ 71-7-25. Limitation period for civil actions for violations of chapter; relief available; effect of compliance with chapter by employer; presumption as to validity of test results; actions for defamation, etc.

  Upon an alleged violation of the provisions of this chapter, a person must institute a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction within one (1) year of the alleged violation or the exhaustion of any internal administrative remedies available to the person, or be barred from obtaining the relief provided for in subsection (2) of this section.   Relief for violations of this chapter shall be limited to:   An injunction to restrain the continued violation of this chapter;   The reinstatement of the person to the same position held before the unlawful drug and alcohol testing, disciplinary action or discharge, or to an equivalent position;   The reinstatement of full employee benefits and seniority rights;   Compensation for lost wages, benefits and other remuneration to which the person would have been entitled but for a violation of this chapter;   Payment by the employer of reasonable costs.     Any employer who complies with the provisions of this chapter shall be without liability from all civil actions arising from any drug and alcohol testing programs or procedures performed in compliance with this chapter.   Pursuant to any claim alleging a violation of this chapter, including a claim under this chapter in which it is alleged that an employer's action with respect to a person was based on an incorrect test result, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the test result was valid if the employer complied with the provisions of this chapter.   No cause of action for defamation of character, libel, slander or damage to reputation arises in favor of any person against an employer who has established a program of drug and alcohol testing in accordance with this chapter, unless:   Information regarded as confidential is released not in accordance with an information release form signed by the person or otherwise not in accordance with this chapter;   The information disclosed was based on an incorrect test result;   The incorrect test result was disclosed with malice; and   All other elements of an action for defamation of character, libel, slander or damage to reputation as established by statute or common law, are satisfied.     No cause of action shall arise in favor of any person based upon the failure of an employer to establish a program or policy for drug and alcohol testing.