§ 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 […]
§ 71-5-116. Annual report tracking data from contractors to be used to improve workforce training programs
The Mississippi Department of Employment Security will develop an annual report which tracks data received from contractors. Contractors will cooperate with the Mississippi Department of Employment Security to accumulate relevant data.Collected data and reports are intended solely to allow the Mississippi Department of Employment Security to improve workforce training programs, tailoring trainings to employer needs […]
§ 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 […]
§ 71-5-117. Regulations and general rules
General rules may be adopted, amended or rescinded by the executive director only after public hearing or opportunity to be heard thereon, of which proper notice has been given. General rules shall become effective ten (10) days after filing with the Secretary of State and publication in one or more newspapers of general circulation in […]
§ 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 […]
§ 71-5-119. Publication
The department shall cause to be available for distribution to the public the text of this chapter, its regulations and general rules, its reports to the Governor, and any other material it deems relevant and suitable, and shall furnish the same to any person upon application therefor.
§ 71-5-121. Personnel
Subject to other provisions of this chapter, the executive director is authorized to appoint, fix the compensation, and prescribe the duties and powers of such officers, accountants, attorneys, experts and other persons as may be necessary in the performance of department duties; however, all personnel who were former members of the Armed Forces of the […]
§ 71-5-123. Advisory councils
The executive director shall retain all powers and duties as granted to the state advisory council appointed by the former Employment Security Commission. The executive director may appoint local advisory councils, composed in each case of an equal number of employer representatives and employee representatives who may fairly be regarded as representative because of their […]
§ 71-5-125. Promotion of employment
The department shall take all appropriate steps to reduce and prevent unemployment; to encourage and assist in the adoption of practical methods of vocational training, retraining and vocational guidance; to investigate, recommend, advise and assist in the establishment and operation, by municipalities, counties, school districts and the state, of reserves for public works to be […]
§ 71-5-127. Records and reports; confidentiality of information
Any information or records concerning an individual or employing unit obtained by the department pursuant to the administration of this chapter or any other federally funded programs for which the department has responsibility shall be private and confidential, except as otherwise provided in this article or by regulation. Information or records may be released by […]