Mississippi Code
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.

Structure Mississippi Code

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

§ 25-9-107. Definitions

§ 25-9-109. State Personnel Board members, terms of office, qualifications, vacancies

§ 25-9-113. Regular meetings; compensation and expenses of members

§ 25-9-115. State Personnel Board to report to Legislature recommendations for judicial salaries; factors to be considered

§ 25-9-116. Suspension of hiring, promotion and other reclassifications

§ 25-9-119. State personnel director; selection; qualifications; duties; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund

§ 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

§ 25-9-127. Prerequisites to dismissal or action adversely affecting compensation or employment status; exceptions; exemption of personnel actions of certain state agencies from State Personnel Board procedures for limited time period; operating stat...

§ 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

§ 25-9-141. Funding for State Personnel Board; proration of costs; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund

§ 25-9-143. Status of employees in merit positions and exempt positions

§ 25-9-147. Variable compensation plan; annual review and report; designation of plan as "Colonel Guy Groff State Variable Compensation Plan."

§ 25-9-148. Annual report regarding increases in compensation, other than salary increases authorized by Legislature

§ 25-9-149. Discriminatory practices prohibited

§ 25-9-155. Nonstate service employees to be given preference for state service positions over general public