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MS Code § 25-9-133 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-133. Recommendations and position audits by board

  The board shall recommend policies and procedures for the efficient and economical use of employment positions. The board shall report to the State Fiscal Management Board and the Legislative Budget Office recommendations for the number of employment positions and costs within each department, agency or institution. Such recommendation shall include the job title and salary of each position. The board shall conduct periodic position audits within each department, agency or institution to ensure the effective and efficient use of all personnel resources and to determine compliance with organization and staffing plans by agencies as presented by Section 25-9-115(n).   No person shall be employed by any agency for any period for any purpose except in an employment position authorized by legislative appropriation or by the body authorized by law to escalate budgets and approve employment positions under the guidelines established by the Legislature. Each employment position so authorized shall be classified and assigned a pay range on the basis of actual job content, according to the State Classification Plan.
MS Code § 25-9-135 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-135. State personnel director to review payrolls and collect statistical information; retention of payroll warrants for agency violations

  The state personnel director shall review the payroll of each department, agency and institution for conformity with state personnel system rules and regulations and determine whether the payroll conforms to the said rules and regulations and is in compliance with legislatively authorized employment positions. The board shall implement a central personnel record system which shall be used as a basis for payment of salaries of state employees.   In order to furnish the Governor, the State Legislature and the general public with statistical information which can be used in planning departmental programs and budgeting, each department, agency and institution whose employees are in the state and nonstate service shall submit such payroll and other essential personnel and organizational data as may be prescribed and approved by the board to the state personnel director, who shall compile and consolidate reports pertaining to the number of personnel, salaries, length of service, type of work, distribution of employees by departments, agencies and institutions, and other personnel information as may be deemed necessary by the board.   If the personnel director shall determine that any agency as defined by this chapter shall have violated any provision of this chapter, he shall prepare a written report of findings to be certified by the State Personnel Board and furnish the report to the state auditor of public accounts. The state auditor of public accounts shall withhold issuance of any payroll warrant determined in violation of this chapter as certified by the board and shall take such action as required by law to initiate an immediate audit of any agency found in violation for the purpose of civil recovery of funds misspent.
MS Code § 25-9-137 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-137. Reorganization and consolidation of prior systems

 The Mississippi Classification Commission shall be responsible for a plan to orderly reorganize and consolidate the existing classification commission staff and the Mississippi Coordinated Merit System Council staff. The reorganization and consolidation plan shall be completed by February 1, 1981. The state capitol commission shall provide such office space as required to accommodate the reorganization and consolidation.
MS Code § 25-9-139 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-139. Status of employees, equipment and supplies of prior systems; transfer of funds appropriated to prior systems

  Employees of the Mississippi Classification Commission and the Mississippi Coordinated Merit System Council holding positions on February 1, 1981, shall be employees of the State Personnel Board on February 1, 1981; and all offices, equipment, supplies, services, programs and other activities of the Mississippi Classification Commission and the Mississippi Coordinated Merit System Council are hereby made offices, equipment, supplies, services, programs and other activities of the State Personnel Board.   The State Personnel Board may, with the approval of the commission of budget and accounting require the transfer of funds appropriated for the use of the Mississippi Classification Commission and the Mississippi Coordinated Merit System Council. Said funds shall be transferred by the state auditor to a separate account in the state treasury. The auditor shall issue his warrants upon requisitions signed by the proper person or officer designated by the board.
MS Code § 25-9-141 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-141. Funding for State Personnel Board; proration of costs; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund

 The State Personnel Board may, in the discretion of the Legislature, operate from special funds provided from department, agency and institution assessments. If the Legislature adopts the assessment procedure, the cost of those operations shall be prorated among all departments, agencies and institutions, based upon the number of employment positions authorized and/or serviced by the board, and the departments, agencies and institutions shall pay their share of the cost upon receipt of billing from the board. However, for the period beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2011, the annual agency assessment authorized in this section shall not be less than One Hundred Twenty Dollars ($120.00) nor more than One Hundred Twenty-seven Dollars ($127.00) per State Personnel Board PIN number.   From and after July 1, 2016, the expenses of this agency shall be defrayed by appropriation from the State General Fund and all user charges and fees authorized under this section shall be deposited into the State General Fund as authorized by law.   From and after July 1, 2016, no state agency shall charge another state agency a fee, assessment, rent or other charge for services or resources received by authority of this section.
MS Code § 25-9-143 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-143. Status of employees in merit positions and exempt positions

 Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, each personnel system officer or employee in a merit position affected by this chapter shall be entitled to all rights which he possessed under the Mississippi Classification Law and under the Mississippi Coordinated Merit System Council in a merit position before February 1, 1981. All previously exempt employment positions created by separate laws are hereby included in the provisions of this chapter, except as excluded in Section 25-9-107.
MS Code § 25-9-145 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-145. Official coercion prohibited; penalties

  No elected state official, elected state district official, appointed state official or member of the judiciary shall use his official authority or influence to coerce, by threat of discharge from employment or otherwise, the political action of a person or body.   Any official who violates this section shall be subject to removal from his position by proceedings initiated in the circuit court by the Office of the Attorney General, on his own motion or on relation of another; and any official so found in violation of subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor in office and imprisoned for a term not less than one (1) year or more than five (5) years or fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both. Funds appropriated for the position from which any official is removed under the provisions of this chapter shall not thereafter be used to pay the salary of such individual.
MS Code § 25-9-147 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-147. Variable compensation plan; annual review and report; designation of plan as "Colonel Guy Groff State Variable Compensation Plan."

 The State Personnel Board shall review on an annual basis the variable compensation plan adopted by the Legislature at the Regular Session of 1981 and subsequently implemented by the State Personnel Board. Each state department or agency subject to the variable compensation plan shall prepare an annual written report under the direction of the head of that department or agency outlining the impact which the plan has had on that department or agency during the preceding fiscal year. Such department or agency report shall be submitted to the State Personnel Board and shall become a part of the board's annual review of the variable compensation plan. After conducting its annual review of the plan and studying the report of each department or agency, the State Personnel Board shall prepare a written legislative report, to be submitted to the members of the Mississippi Legislature prior to January 1 of each year. This written report shall accurately reflect the effect of the variable compensation plan on the various departments or agencies subject to the plan. From and after July 1, 1985, the plan shall be named the "Colonel Guy Groff State Variable Compensation Plan".
MS Code § 25-9-148 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-148. Annual report regarding increases in compensation, other than salary increases authorized by Legislature

 Before September 1, 1996, and before September 1 of every year thereafter, the State Personnel Board shall prepare a written report to be submitted to the Chairmen of the House of Representatives Appropriations and Fees and Salaries of Public Officers Committees, the Chairmen of the Senate Appropriations and Fees, Salaries and Administration Committees and the Legislative Budget Office specifically describing every increase in compensation, other than salary increases authorized by the Legislature, or additional compensation that was awarded to any state officer, administrator, executive head, employee or employees during the next preceding fiscal year. For each increase or additional compensation awarded, the report shall include no less than the following information: the annual salary of the officer, administrator, executive head or employee before the increase; the total amount of the increase or additional compensation; the justification for the increase or additional compensation; the effective date of the increase or additional compensation; and the source of the additional compensation, including federal or private funds.
MS Code § 25-9-149 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-149. Discriminatory practices prohibited

 It is the intent of the Legislature that no person seeking employment in state service, as defined in Section 25-9-107, Mississippi Code of 1972, or employed in state service, as defined in Section 25-9-107, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age or handicap.
MS Code § 25-9-151 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-151. Longevity service award program

  There is hereby established a longevity service award program for full-time employees of the State of Mississippi.   The State Personnel Board shall coordinate the design, purchase, distribution and presentation of service awards based on years of service with the State of Mississippi for full-time employees in all state agencies, boards and commissions.   The longevity service awards shall be made upon attainment of ten (10), twenty (20) and thirty (30) years of full-time service in state government, and shall be the same for all personnel regardless of position or title.   The State Personnel Board shall promulgate such reasonable rules and regulations as deemed necessary in carrying out the provisions of this longevity service awards program.   Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing the giving of gifts or monetary bonuses to employees.
MS Code § 25-9-153 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-153. Operator of state-owned vehicle must have valid driver's license from Mississippi or contiguous state; operator of vehicle owned by state institution of higher learning must have valid driver's license of appropriate classification from any state; penalty

    Except as provided in paragraph (b), an employee of any state agency, department, board, commission, institution or other instrumentality of the state may not operate a state-owned motor vehicle unless such person has a valid Mississippi driver's license or a valid driver's license from a contiguous state.   A person may operate a motor vehicle owned by a state institution of higher learning if they have a valid Mississippi driver's license of the appropriate classification or a valid driver's license of the appropriate classification from any state.     A violation of subsection (1) of this section constitutes good cause for dismissal from employment.
MS Code § 25-9-155 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Personnel Administration System|§ 25-9-155. Nonstate service employees to be given preference for state service positions over general public

 The State Personnel Board shall grant part-time employees, as defined in Section 25-9-107(c)(xi), who are fully qualified, and time-limited employees, as defined in Section 25-9-107(c)(xiv), and all other nonstate service employees, who are fully qualified, preference over general public applicants for state service positions in the same manner that preference is given to employees in the state service, as defined in Section 25-9-107(b), for appointment in the state service.
MS Code § 25-9-172 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Protection of Public Employee From Reprisal for Giving Information to Investigative Body or Agency|§ 25-9-172. Record of complaint; authority to investigate complaint; standard form for complaint; confidentiality

  Upon receipt of a signed written complaint of alleged improper governmental action, a state investigative body shall keep a record of the complaint and shall have the authority to investigate the complaint in accordance with its powers and duties provided by the laws of the State of Mississippi.   Each state investigative body shall develop and maintain a standard form for use by the whistleblower when reporting alleged improper governmental action. Such form shall require as a minimum the name, address and telephone number of the whistleblower, and a description of the alleged improper governmental action.   If any state investigative body receives a complaint that contains allegations outside its expertise, then the state investigative body may refer the complaint to another state investigative body unless contrary to the laws of the State of Mississippi.   In any case to which this section applies, the identity of the whistleblower shall be kept confidential unless the state investigative body determines that the information has been provided other than in good faith, or unless the confidentiality requirement conflicts with Article 1, Chapter 4 of this title, Mississippi Code of 1972.
MS Code § 25-9-173 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Protection of Public Employee From Reprisal for Giving Information to Investigative Body or Agency|§ 25-9-173. Prohibition against dismissing or adversely affecting compensation or employment status of public employee for providing information to investigative body; reprisals and retaliatory actions; conditions for recovery of damages and other remedies

  No agency shall dismiss or otherwise adversely affect the compensation or employment status of any public employee because the public employee testified or provided information to a state investigative body whether or not the testimony or information is provided under oath.   Any person who is a whistleblower, as defined in Section 25-9-171, and who as a result of being a whistleblower has been subjected to workplace reprisal or retaliatory action, is entitled to the remedies provided under Section 25-9-175. For the purpose of this section, "reprisal or retaliatory action" means, but is not limited to:   Unwarranted and unsubstantiated letters of reprimand or unsatisfactory performance evaluations;   Demotion;   Reduction in pay;   Denial of promotion;   Suspension;   Dismissal; and   Denial of employment.     An employee who has filed a valid whistleblower complaint may not recover the damages and other remedies provided under Section 25-9-175 unless the dismissal or adverse action taken against him was the direct result of providing information to a state investigative body.   Nothing in this section prohibits a governmental entity from making any decision exercising its authority to terminate, suspend or discipline an employee who engages in workplace reprisal or retaliatory action against a whistleblower.   A governmental entity is not precluded from taking any action in accordance with established personnel policies against an employee who knowingly and intentionally provides false information to a state investigative body.
MS Code § 25-9-175 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Protection of Public Employee From Reprisal for Giving Information to Investigative Body or Agency|§ 25-9-175. Liability of agency for violating provisions

 Any agency which violates the provisions of Section 25-9-173 shall be liable to the public employee for back pay and reinstatement. In addition, an employee whose employment is suspended or terminated or who is subjected to adverse personnel action in violation of Section 25-9-173 is entitled to sue for injunctive relief, compensatory damages, court costs and reasonable attorney's fees; provided, however, that an employee may not recover an amount that exceeds the limitations provided in Section 11-46-15. Additionally, each member of any agency's governing board or authority may be found individually liable for a civil fine of up to Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for each violation of Section 25-9-173. In any instance where the agency in violation of Section 25-9-173 has no governing board or authority, the agency's executive director may be found individually liable for a civil fine not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). If the court determines that any action filed under this section by an employee is frivolous and unwarrantable, the court may award to the employer court costs and reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees, incurred in defense of actions brought by the employee under this section.
MS Code § 25-9-177 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Protection of Public Employee From Reprisal for Giving Information to Investigative Body or Agency|§ 25-9-177. Actions to recover civil fines and other penalties

 Actions to recover civil fines and other remedies provided for under Section 25-9-175 may be instituted in the Circuit Court for the First Judicial District of Hinds County or in the circuit court of the public employee's residence. In such actions, the public employee shall prove by a preponderance of the evidence that, but for his providing information or testimony to a state investigative body prior to occurrence of the dismissal or any adverse action, his dismissal or any adverse action taken against him would not have occurred. Remedies provided for herein shall be supplemental to any other remedies, judicial or administrative, provided for under law. Any administrative remedies provided for state-service employees under Sections 25-9-127 through 25-9-131, Mississippi Code of 1972, or any remedies under a grievance or appeal process of the employing governmental entity relating to suspension or termination of employment or adverse personnel action, shall not be exhausted or diminished as a result of any action taken by the employee under Sections 25-9-175 and this section, and the employee shall be required to exhaust such remedies prior to instituting an action authorized under Sections 25-9-175 and this section.
MS Code § 25-9-301 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Veteran's Preference|§ 25-9-301. Definitions

 The following terms shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context shall require otherwise:   "Veteran" means a person who served in the active Armed Forces of the United States for a period of ninety (90) days during a period of war or armed conflict and was granted an honorable discharge therefrom; or was discharged therefrom for a service-connected injury in less than ninety (90) days.   "Disabled veteran" means a veteran who the Veterans Administration has certified to have a service-connected disability rating of at least thirty percent (30%) within the last ninety (90) days, or a veteran who was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in combat.
MS Code § 25-9-303 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Veteran's Preference|§ 25-9-303. Preference for veterans in appointment, promotion and layoffs; additional preference for veterans with disabilities

  The State Personnel Board shall grant each veteran who is fully qualified preference over other applicants for an initial or promotional appointment. Disabled veterans shall be given additional preference.   In establishing a layoff formula or procedure, the State Personnel Board shall grant preference to veterans and additional preference to disabled veterans.
MS Code § 25-9-305 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records|Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System|Veteran's Preference|§ 25-9-305. Rules and regulations

 The State Personnel Board is authorized to establish a formula or formulas by rule and regulation to implement the provisions of sections 25-9-301 et seq.