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MS Code § 71-5-143 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 5 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 3 - Mississippi Department of Employment Security|§ 71-5-143. State-federal cooperation

 In the administration of this chapter, the department shall cooperate, to the fullest extent consistent with the provisions of this chapter, with the Social Security Board created by the Social Security Act, approved August 14, 1935, as amended; shall make such reports in such form and containing such information as the Social Security Board may from time to time require, and shall comply with such provisions as the Social Security Board may from time to time find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports; and shall comply with the reasonable, valid and lawful regulations prescribed by the Social Security Board pursuant to and under the authority of the Social Security Act, governing the expenditures of such sums as may be allotted and paid to this state under Title III of the Social Security Act, as amended, for the purpose of assisting in the administration of this chapter.   Upon request therefor, the department shall furnish to any agency of the United States charged with the administration of public works, or assistance through public employment, the name, address, ordinary occupation and employment status of each recipient of benefits, and such recipient's rights to further benefits under this chapter.
MS Code § 71-5-145 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 5 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 3 - Mississippi Department of Employment Security|§ 71-5-145. 1235 Echelon Parkway named the Henry J. Kirksey Building

 The building located at 1235 Echelon Parkway in Jackson, Mississippi, and in which the Mississippi Department of Employment Security is housed, shall be named the Henry J. Kirksey Building. The Department of Finance and Administration shall prepare a distinctive plaque, to be placed in a prominent place within the Henry J. Kirksey Building, which states the background, accomplishments and service to the state of the Honorable Henry J. Kirksey.
MS Code § 71-5-201 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 5 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 5 - Employment Service|§ 71-5-201. State employment service

 The Mississippi State Employment Service is established in the Mississippi Department of Employment Security, Office of the Governor. The department, in the conduct of such service, shall establish and maintain free public employment offices in such number and in such places as may be necessary for the proper administration of this article and for the purpose of performing such functions as are within the purview of the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for the establishment of a national employment system and for cooperation with the states in the promotion of such system, and for other purposes" (29 USCS Section 49 et seq.). Any existing free public employment offices maintained by the state but not heretofore under the jurisdiction of the department shall be transferred to the jurisdiction of the department, and upon such transfer all duties and powers conferred upon any other department, agency or officers of this state relating to the establishment, maintenance and operation of free public employment offices shall be vested in the department. The Mississippi State Employment Service shall be administered by the department, which is charged with the duty to cooperate with any official or agency of the United States having powers or duties under the provisions of the act of Congress, as amended, and to do and perform all things necessary to secure to this state the benefits of that act of Congress, as amended, in the promotion and maintenance of a system of public employment offices. The provisions of that act of Congress, as amended, are accepted by this state, in conformity with 29 USCS Section 49c, and this state will observe and comply with the requirements thereof. The department is designated and constituted the agency of this state for the purposes of that act. The department may cooperate with or enter into agreements with the Railroad Retirement Board or veteran's organization with respect to the establishment, maintenance and use of free employment service facilities.
MS Code § 71-5-203 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 5 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 5 - Employment Service|§ 71-5-203. Financing

 All moneys received by this state under the said act of Congress, as amended, shall be paid into the employment security administration fund. Said moneys are hereby made available to the commission to be expended as provided by this article and by said act of Congress, upon voucher signed by the executive director or such other officer or employee of the commission as it may authorize so to do. For the purpose of establishing and maintaining free public employment offices, the commission is authorized to enter into agreements with the railroad retirement board or any other agency of the United States charged with the administration of an unemployment compensation law, with any political subdivision of this state, or with any private, non-profit organization; and as a part of any such agreement, the commission may accept moneys, services, or quarters as a contribution to the employment security administration fund.
MS Code § 71-5-363 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 5 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 7 - Contributions|§ 71-5-363. Interest on past due contributions

 Contributions unpaid on the date on which they are due and payable shall bear interest at the rate of one percent (1%) per month from and after such date until payment plus accrued interest is received by the commission, provided that the commission may prescribe fair and reasonable general rules pursuant to which such interest shall not accrue during the first calendar year that any employer is subject to this chapter. Interest collected pursuant to this section shall be paid into the special employment security administration fund established by Section 71-5-114.
MS Code § 71-5-365 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 5 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 7 - Contributions|§ 71-5-365. Failure to make reports and pay contributions

 If any employer fails to make and file any report as and when required by the terms and provisions of this chapter or by any rule or regulation of the commission for the purpose of determining the amount of contributions due by him under this chapter, or if any report which has been filed is deemed by the executive director to be incorrect or insufficient, and such employer, after having been given notice by the executive director to file such report, or a corrected or sufficient report, as the case may be, shall fail to file such report within fifteen (15) days after the date of such notice, the executive director may (a) determine the amount of contributions due from such employer on the basis of such information as may be readily available to him, which said determination shall be prima facie correct, (b) assess such employer with the amount of contribution so determined, to which amount may be added and assessed by the executive director in his discretion, as damages, an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of said amount, and (c) immediately give notice to such employer of such determination, assessment, and damages, if any, added and assessed, demanding payment of same together with interest, as herein provided, on the amount of contributions from the date when same were due and payable. Such determination and assessment by the executive director shall be final at the expiration of fifteen (15) days from the date of such notice thereof demanding payment, unless:   Such employer shall have filed with the department a written protest and petition for a hearing, specifying his objections thereto. Upon receipt of such petition within the fifteen (15) days allowed, the department shall fix the time and place for a hearing and shall notify the petitioner thereof. At any hearing held before the department as herein provided, evidence may be offered to support such determination and assessment or to prove that it is incorrect, and the commission shall have all the power provided in Sections 71-5-137 and 71-5-139. Immediately after such hearing a final decision in the matter shall be made by the commission, and any contributions or deficiencies in contributions found and determined by the commission to be due shall be assessed and paid, together with interest, within fifteen (15) days after notice of such final decision and assessment, and demand for payment thereof by the department shall have been sent to such employer.   The department, in its discretion, determines on the basis of information submitted by the employer that such assessment should be amended and adjusted to reflect the correct amount of taxes.   Sixty (60) days after the due date of the contributions, together with interest and damages, or upon issuance of a warrant, whichever occurs first, the department, in its discretion, may assess an additional sum not exceeding one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of the unpaid contributions due as damages for failure to pay.
MS Code § 71-5-369 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 5 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 7 - Contributions|§ 71-5-369. Jeopardy assessment and warrant

 If the commission has just cause to believe and does believe that the collection of contributions from an employer will be jeopardized by delay, it may assess such contributions immediately, together with interest and other amounts provided by this chapter, and may immediately issue a jeopardy warrant under its official seal, directed to the sheriff of any county of said state. The sheriff shall, immediately upon receipt of such jeopardy warrant, file with the clerk of the circuit court of his county a copy thereof, and thereafter both the clerk and the sheriff shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of Section 71-5-367.
MS Code § 71-5-371 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 5 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 7 - Contributions|§ 71-5-371. Liability of sheriff for failure to execute warrant

 If any sheriff shall fail to return any warrant directed to him as herein provided on the return day thereof, the commission shall be entitled to recover judgment against the sheriff and the sureties on his official bond for the amount of the warrant and all costs, with lawful interest thereon until paid, together with ten per centum (10%) of the full amount thereof as damages, to be recovered by suit against the sheriff and his sureties by the commission. If any sheriff shall falsely make a nulla bona return on any warrant directed to him as herein provided, the commission shall be entitled to recover judgment against the sheriff and the sureties on his official bond for such amount as he could reasonably have made under such warrant and all costs, together with lawful interest thereon until paid, together with ten per centum (10%) thereon as damages, to be recovered by a suit against the sheriff and his sureties by the commission.
MS Code § 71-5-373 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 5 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 7 - Contributions|§ 71-5-373. Defaulting employer

 An employer liable for contributions under the provisions of this chapter who fails to make and file his returns and reports as required, or who fails to pay any contributions when due under the provisions of this chapter, shall forfeit his right to do business in this state until he complies with all the provisions of this chapter and until he enters into a bond with sureties, to be approved by the commission, in an amount not to exceed all contributions estimated to become due by said employer under the provisions of this chapter for any three-month period, conditioned to comply with the provisions of this chapter, and to pay all contributions legally due or to become due by him. The commission may proceed by injunction to prevent the continuance of said business, and any temporary injunction enjoining the continuance of such business shall be granted without notice by any judge or chancellor now authorized by law to grant injunctions.
MS Code § 71-5-375 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 5 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 7 - Contributions|§ 71-5-375. Contributions a lien

 The contributions required by this chapter shall be a lien upon the property of any employer subject to its provisions who shall sell out his business or stock of goods, or who shall quit business, or whose property used or acquired in the business shall be sold under voluntary conveyance or under foreclosure, execution, attachment, distraint, or other judicial proceedings. Such employer shall, within ten (10) days before the happening of any of the above contingencies, be required to file such reports as the commission shall prescribe and to pay the contributions required by this chapter with respect to wages payable for employment up to the date of the happening of such contingency. The purchaser or successor in business shall withhold sufficient of the purchase money to cover the amount of contributions due and unpaid, until such time as such employer shall produce a receipt from the commission showing that the contributions have been paid or a certificate that no contributions are due. If such purchaser or successor shall fail to withhold purchase money as above provided, and the contributions shall not be paid within the ten (10) days specified above, such purchaser or successor shall be personally liable for the payment of the contributions accrued and unpaid on account of the operation of the business by the former owner.
MS Code § 71-5-377 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 5 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 7 - Contributions|§ 71-5-377. Priorities under legal dissolutions or distributions

 In the event of any distribution of an employer's assets pursuant to an order of any court under the laws of this state, including any receivership, assignment for benefit of creditors, adjudicated insolvency, composition, or similar proceedings, contributions then or thereafter due shall be paid in full prior to all other claims except taxes, but on a parity with claims for wages of not more than Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250.00) to each claimant, earned within six (6) months of the commencement of the proceedings. In the event of an employer's adjudication in bankruptcy, judicially confirmed extension proposals, or composition under the Federal Bankruptcy Act of 1898, as amended, contributions then or thereafter due shall be entitled to such priority as is provided therein for taxes due and owing this state.
MS Code § 71-5-379 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 5 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 7 - Contributions|§ 71-5-379. Collection by suit

 If, after due notice, an employer defaults in any payment of contributions or interest thereon, the amount due may be collected by civil action in the name of the commission, and this remedy shall be in addition to such other remedies as may be herein provided or otherwise provided by law. An employer adjudged in default shall pay the costs of such action. Civil actions brought under this section to collect contributions or interest thereon from an employer shall be heard by the court at the earliest possible date, and shall be entitled to preference upon the calendar of the court over all other civil actions except petitions for judicial review of claims for benefits under this chapter.
MS Code § 71-5-381 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 5 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 7 - Contributions|§ 71-5-381. No injunction allowed to restrain collection

 No injunction shall be awarded by any court or judge to restrain the collection of contributions required by this chapter or to restrain the enforcement of this chapter. The provisions of section 11-13-11, shall not apply to contributions required by this chapter.
MS Code § 71-5-383 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 5 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 7 - Contributions|§ 71-5-383. Refunds

 The commission is authorized and empowered to refund, without interest, such contributions, interest, and penalties as it may determine were paid erroneously by an employer, or may make or authorize an adjustment thereof in connection with subsequent contribution payments, provided the employer shall make written application for such refund or adjustment within three (3) years to the last day of the calendar year in which the services of individuals in employment, with respect to which such contributions were erroneously paid, were performed. For like cause and within the same period, adjustment or refund may be made on the commission's own initiative.
MS Code § 71-5-385 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 5 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 7 - Contributions|§ 71-5-385. Requesting permission to file reports in special format; regulations; penalty

 Any employer may request permission to file unemployment compensation wage and contribution reports in a special format. If the request is approved by the commission, the employer must file the wage and contribution reports in accordance with regulations established by the commission. Failure to follow established regulations may result in a penalty of up to Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) each calendar quarter for each employer connected with the report.
MS Code § 71-5-391 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 5 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 7 - Contributions|§ 71-5-391. Use of administrative funds for payment of fees associated with receipt of electronic payments

 The executive director of the department may use available administrative funds for payment of fees associated with receipt of electronic payments made to the department. In the event the fees are charged to an employer through a payment process external to the department, amounts not to exceed the charges for the electronic transaction may be credited to the employer and used as an offset to future indebtedness.
MS Code § 71-5-451 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 5 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 9 - Unemployment Compensation Fund|§ 71-5-451. Establishment and control

 There is established as a special fund, separate and apart from all public monies or funds of this state, an Unemployment Compensation Fund, which shall be administered by the department exclusively for:   All contributions collected under this chapter;   Interest earned upon any monies in the fund;   Any property or securities acquired through the use of monies belonging to the fund;   All earnings of such property or securities;   All monies credited to this state's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund pursuant to the Social Security Act, 42 USCS, Section 1104; and   By way of reimbursement in accordance with Section 204 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (84 Stat. 711). All monies in the fund shall be mingled and undivided.
MS Code § 71-5-455 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 5 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 9 - Unemployment Compensation Fund|§ 71-5-455. Withdrawals

 Monies shall be requisitioned from this state's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund solely for the payment of benefits and in accordance with regulations prescribed by the department, except that monies credited to this state's account pursuant to Section 903 of the Social Security Act, as amended, shall be used exclusively as provided in Section 71-5-457. No monies in the Unemployment Compensation Fund shall be used to pay interest on any funds that might be borrowed for the purposes of this chapter, but any such interest that might be due shall be paid from other sources. The department shall from time to time requisition from the Unemployment Trust Fund such amounts, not exceeding the amount standing to this state's account therein, as it deems necessary for the payment of benefits for a reasonable future period. Such sums shall be immediately deposited by the department in some bank within this state in an account to be known as the "benefit payment account," which shall be under the control of the department and on which said benefit payment account the department or its duly authorized representative is authorized to draw and issue its checks in payment of benefits to individuals entitled thereto under this chapter. Expenditures of such monies in the benefit account and benefit payment account and refunds from the clearing account shall not be subject to any provisions of law requiring specific appropriations or other formal release by state officers of money in their custody. All warrants shall bear the signature of the department's duly authorized agent for that purpose.   The department shall be subject to the applicable laws pertaining to security of public fund deposits as set forth in Sections 27-105-5 and 27-105-6.