§ 71-3-121. Drug and alcohol testing; employer’s right to demand or administer; presumptions; admissibility of results
In the event that an employee sustains an injury at work or asserts a work-related injury, the employer shall have the right to administer drug and alcohol testing or require that the employee submit himself to drug and alcohol testing. If the employee has a positive test indicating the presence, at the time of injury, […]
§ 71-3-101. Registration of insurance companies
Each insurance company and all other carriers which desire to write workmen’s compensation insurance in compliance with this chapter shall be required, before writing such insurance, to register with the workmen’s compensation commission and pay a registration fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). This shall be deposited by the commission in the administration expense fund.
§ 71-3-103. Annual report
The commission shall each calendar year make a report to the governor upon the operation of this chapter, including suggestions and recommendations as to improvements in the law and administration, a detailed statement of receipts and disbursements, and an exposition of industrial injury experience and compensation and medical cost.
§ 71-3-105. Rehabilitation
The commission shall cooperate with federal, state, and local agencies in the rehabilitation of handicapped workers, and shall promptly report to the proper authority industrial injury cases in which retraining or job placement may be needed.
§ 71-3-77. Insurance policy regulations
Every contract for the insurance of the compensation herein provided, or against liability therefor, shall be deemed to be made subject to the provisions of this chapter, and provisions thereof inconsistent with this chapter shall be void. Such contract shall be allowed to offer deductibles on all liability of the assured under and according to […]
§ 71-3-79. Acceptance of premium by carrier and estoppel
Acceptance of a premium on a policy securing to an employee compensation, either alone or in connection with other insurance, shall estop the carrier so accepting from pleading that the employment of such employee is not covered under this chapter or that the employment is not carried on for pecuniary gain. When any member of […]
§ 71-3-81. Notice of coverage
Every employer who has secured compensation under the provisions of this chapter shall keep notices posted in a conspicuous place or places in and about his place or places of business, in accordance with a form prescribed by the commission, stating that such employer has secured the payment of compensation in accordance with the provisions […]
§ 71-3-83. Civil and criminal penalties for failure to secure payment of compensation
Any employer required to secure the payment of compensation under this chapter who fails to secure such compensation is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or by both such […]
§ 71-3-85. Workers’ compensation commission
There is hereby created a commission to be known as the workmen’s compensation commission, consisting of three (3) members, who shall devote their entire time to the duties of the office. The governor shall appoint the members of the commission, by and with the consent of the Mississippi State Senate, one (1) for a term […]
§ 71-3-87. Official bond
Members of the commission shall give bond in the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) of a surety company authorized to do business in the state, for the faithful performance of their duties. The premium upon such bonds shall be paid out of the workmen’s compensation administration fund.