It is the purpose of this chapter to establish in the State of Mississippi a system of personnel administration based on sound methods of personnel administration governing the establishment of employment positions, classification of positions and the employment conduct, movement and separation of state employees; to build a career service in government which will attract, select and retain the best persons, with incentives in the form of equal opportunities for initial appointment and promotions in the state service; to establish a system of personnel management that will ensure the effective and efficient use of employees in the state service; and to perform such other duties as may be specified in this chapter or any other law.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records
Chapter 9 - Statewide Personnel System
Personnel Administration System
§ 25-9-101. Purpose of chapter
§ 25-9-103. Principles applicable to administration of state personnel system
§ 25-9-105. Consolidation of agencies and employees into state personnel system
§ 25-9-109. State Personnel Board members, terms of office, qualifications, vacancies
§ 25-9-113. Regular meetings; compensation and expenses of members
§ 25-9-116. Suspension of hiring, promotion and other reclassifications
§ 25-9-121. State service; status of permanent or certified employees under prior systems
§ 25-9-123. Nonstate service; exclusion of positions covered by prior systems
§ 25-9-125. Temporary assignment of state service employees to nonstate service
§ 25-9-126. Furlough of federally funded employees
§ 25-9-129. Employee appeals board; membership; terms of office; compensation
§ 25-9-132. Judicial review of employee appeals board decisions
§ 25-9-137. Reorganization and consolidation of prior systems
§ 25-9-143. Status of employees in merit positions and exempt positions