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.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-101
Purpose of chapter
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 571 So. 2d 263 - Hood v. Dept. of Wildlife Conservation (1990)
Most recently applied in Harris v. MISSISSIPPI DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS (November 2002)
Laws, 1980, ch. 303, § 1; Laws, 2012, ch. 329, § 7, eff from and after July 1, 2012.
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