Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 27 - STATE PERSONNEL BOARD › Part 110 - Mississippi State Employee Handbook › Chapter 5 - CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION › Sec2 27-110-5.2 - COMPENSATION › Section 27-110-5.2.2 - General Compensation Rules

Current through June 25, 2024
The rate of compensation certified by the MSPB Executive
					 Director under these provisions constitutes total remuneration for services
					 rendered. No supplementary compensation for additional work performed for the
					 state is paid except as authorized under policies governing additional
					 compensation. Mississippi Code Annotated §
										25-9-119(2)(c).
A. All requests for salary certification
				  shall be submitted to the Office of Classification, Compensation, and
				  Recruitment.
B. The MSPB Executive
				  Director certifies all salaries within the state service and non-state service
				  unless otherwise authorized by MSPB or by statute.
C. In no case shall a salary increase or
				  other action result in the incumbent exceeding the maximum salary of the job
				  classification, unless specifically provided for in legislation.
D. In coordination with appointing
				  authorities, MSPB may set the annual salaries of those appointed officials
				  whose salaries are not otherwise set by statute who work on a fulltime basis in
				  the capacity of agency head, executive director or administrator of any state
				  department, agency, institution, board or commission under the jurisdiction of
				  MSPB as provided in Mississippi Code Annotated §§
										25-9-101
et seq
.,
				  in conformity with the MSPB's compensation plan. Salaries of such officials who
				  serve in their professional capacity as a physician, dentist, nurse
				  practitioner, veterinarian, or attorney shall be set in accordance with
				  Mississippi Code Annotated §
										25-9-107(c)(xiii).
E. Unless authorized by statute, no employee
				  under the salary setting authority of MSPB shall receive an annual salary or
				  compensation greater than 150 percent of the maximum salary fixed in law for
				  the Governor, except for:
a) the Executive
				  Director of the Mississippi Development Authority as set by the
				  Governor;
b)  the Commissioner of
				  Child Protection Services as set by the Governor; and
c) the Executive Director and the Chief
				  Investment Officer of the Public Employees' Retirement System. In addition, no
				  employee within an agency shall receive an annual salary greater than the
				  agency head. However, in accordance with Mississippi Code Annotated §
											25-3-39(2), MSPB,
				  based upon its findings of fact, may exempt physicians and actuaries when the
				  acquisition of such professional services is precluded based on the prevailing
				  wage in the relevant labor market. Compensation, for the purposes of this
				  section, is defined as the employee's base salary and any additional or special
				  compensation, less paid fringe, authorized by state or federal law or as
				  otherwise provided in MSPB policy. Further, agencies are required to ensure
				  that no employees subject to the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor
				  Standards Act of 1938, as amended, are scheduled to work hours that could cause
				  the employee's total annual compensation to exceed that of the governor or the
				  agency director.