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 with respect to their unemployment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 71-5-1
Citation and purpose
Known as the Mississippi Employment Security Law
The act spans §§ 71–71 (89 sections).
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case 586 So. 2d 838 - Mississippi Emp. SEC. Com'n v. PDN, INC. (1991)
Most recently applied in Earthgrains Bakery Group, Inc. v. Mississippi Department of Employment Security (February 2014)
Codes, 1942, § 7368; Laws, 1936, ch. 176; Laws, 1948, ch. 412, § 1, eff July 1, 1948, unless context expressly provides otherwise.
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