27 Miss. Code. R. 130-B - Coverage of these Policies

1. These policies shall govern employee salary increases and position changes for:

a. State service employees and positions;

b. Non-state service employees and positions excluded from the state service by Mississippi Code Annotated § 25-9-107(c), but subject to Mississippi State Personnel Board salary setting authority as listed below:

(1) Part-time employees and positions [Refer, Mississippi Code Annotated § 25-9-107 (c)(xi)];

(2) Persons appointed on an emergency basis [Refer, Mississippi Code Annotated § 25-9-107 (c)(xii)];

(3) Time-limited employees and positions [Refer, Mississippi Code Annotated § 25-9-107 (c)(xiv)];

(4) Administrative heads appointed by the Governor, board, commission or other authority, unless otherwise fixed by statute [Refer, Mississippi Code Annotated § 25-9-107 (c)(xv)];

(5) Administrative officers, deputies, bureau chiefs, and directors and their positions [Refer, Mississippi Code Annotated § 25-9-107 (c)(xvi)];

(6) Personnel employed by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks and the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources as law enforcement trainees (cadets) [Refer, Mississippi Code Annotated § 25-9-107 (c)(xxi)]; and

2. Agencies or positions with statutory exclusion (not under the salary setting authority of the Mississippi State Personnel Board and not subject to the compensation policies of this memorandum) are listed below:

a. Non-state service agencies [Refer, Mississippi Code Annotated §§ 25-9-107 (c)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (vii), (viii), and (xvii)];

b. Non-state service occupations [Refer, Mississippi Code Annotated § 25-9-107 (c)(v), (vi), (ix), and (xiii)];

c. Non-state service positions of associate director, deputy directors and bureau directors within the Department of Agriculture and Commerce [Refer, Mississippi Code Annotated § 25-9-107 (c)(xix)];

d. The President of the Mississippi Lottery Corporation and personnel employed by the Mississippi Lottery Corporation. [Refer, Mississippi Code Annotated § 25-9-107 (c)(xxiii)];

e. Administrators and instructional employees under contract or employed by the Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) established in Sections 37-140-1 et seq. [Refer, Mississippi Code Annotated § 25-9-107 (c)(xxii)];

f. Employees, excluding administrative employees, of the State Veterans Affairs Board who are employed at a veteran's home established by the State Veterans Affairs Board under Section 35-1-19. [Refer, Mississippi Code Annotated § 25-9-107 (c)(xxiv)]; and

g. All employees whether administrative, licensed instructional, non-licensed instructional staff or otherwise employed at the Mississippi School for the Blind and the Mississippi School for the Deaf (Mississippi Code Annotated §§ 43-5-1 et seq.

3. Salaries set by statute shall be implemented strictly in accordance with Legislative intent [Refer, Mississippi Code Annotated §§ 25-3-31 and 25-3-35].

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27 Miss. Code. R. 130-B

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