§ 71-5-101. Organization
There is established the Mississippi Department of Employment Security, Office of the Governor. The Department of Employment Security shall be the Mississippi Employment Security Commission and shall retain all powers and duties as granted to the Mississippi Employment Security Commission. Wherever the term “Employment Security Commission” appears in any law, the same shall mean the […]
§ 71-5-107. Executive officer
The department shall administer this chapter through a full-time salaried executive director, to be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. He shall be responsible for the administration of this chapter under authority delegated to him by the Governor.
§ 71-5-109. Board of review
There is created a Board of Review consisting of three (3) members to be appointed by the executive director. The executive director shall designate one (1) member of the Board of Review as chairman. Each member shall be paid a salary or per diem at a rate to be determined by the executive director, and […]
§ 71-5-111. Employment security administration fund
There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Employment Security Administration Fund. All monies which are deposited or paid into this fund are appropriated and made available to the department. All monies in this fund shall be expended solely for the purpose of defraying the cost of administration […]
§ 71-5-112. Funds to clear through state treasury; laws governing expenditures
All funds received by the Mississippi Department of Employment Security shall clear through the State Treasury as provided and required by Sections 71-5-111 and 71-5-453. All expenditures from the administration fund of the department authorized by Section 71-5-111 shall be expended only pursuant to appropriation approved by the Legislature and as provided by law.
§ 71-5-1. Citation and purpose
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Employment Security Law.” The purpose of the law is to promote employment security by increasing opportunities for placement through the maintenance of a system of public employment offices and to provide through the accumulation of reserves for the payment of compensation to individuals […]
§ 71-5-3. Public policy
As a guide to the interpretation and application of this chapter, the public policy of this state is declared to be as follows: Economic insecurity due to unemployment is a serious menace to the health, morals, and welfare of the people of this state. Involuntary unemployment is therefore a subject of general interest and concern […]
§ 71-5-5. Suspension under federal conditions
The Legislature finds and declares that the existence and continued operation of a federal tax upon employers, against which some portion of the contributions required under this chapter may be credited, will protect Mississippi employers from undue disadvantages in their competition with employers in other states. If at any time, upon a formal complaint to […]
§ 71-5-7. Suspension under state conditions
If at any time the provisions of this chapter requiring the payment of contributions and benefits shall be held invalid under the Constitution of this state by the Supreme Court of this state or invalid under the United States Constitution by the Supreme Court of the United States, the department shall forthwith requisition from the […]
§ 71-5-9. Refunds upon termination
Refunds provided under Sections 71-5-5 and 71-5-7 shall not be subject to any provisions of law requiring specific appropriations or other formal release by state officers of moneys in their custody.