Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-103 (2026)

Principles applicable to administration of state personnel system

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The State Personnel Board herein established shall administer a state personnel system in accordance with the following principles:

(a) To recruit, select and advance employees on the basis of their relative ability, knowledge and skills, including open consideration of qualified applicants for initial appointment;

(b) To provide equitable and adequate compensation;

(c) To train employees, as needed, to assure high quality performance;

(d) To retain employees on the basis of the adequacy of their performance, to correct inadequate performance, and to separate employees whose inadequate performance cannot be corrected;

(e) To assure fair treatment of applicants and employees in all aspects of personnel administration without regard to political affiliation, race, national origin, sex, religious creed, age or disability;

(f) To assure that employees are free from coercion for partisan or political purposes and to prohibit employees from using their official authority for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election or a nomination for office;

(g) To provide authority for the establishment and abolishment of employment positions within the departments, agencies and institutions covered under the provisions of this chapter.

Laws, 1980, ch. 303, § 2(1); Laws, 1998, ch. 321, § 1, eff. 7/1/1998.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 10 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1987–2024 · leading case: Gill v. Dept. of Wildlife Conservation, 574 So. 2d 586 (Miss. 1990).

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Gill v. Dept. of Wildlife Conservation, 574 So. 2d 586 (Miss. 1990). · cites it 3× “Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-103 (Supp. 1990). The statute then addresses officials who might be tempted to flex their political muscles.”

Bynum v. Mississippi Dept. of Educ., 906 So. 2d 81 (Miss. Ct. App. 2004). “Miss.Code Ann. § 25-9-103 (Rev.2003). A state agency may not dismiss an employee *90 governed by the state personnel system except for inefficiency or other good cause and after written notice and a hearing within the department.”

Mississippi Dept. of Transp. v. Rutland, 965 So. 2d 696 (Miss. Ct. App. 2007). “" Miss.Code Ann. § 25-9-103 (Rev.2006). The statutes and administrative regulations applicable to this case placed the burden upon Rutland to prove, by substantial evidence, that she was terminated for political reasons.”

Mississippi Forestry Comm'n v. Piazza, 513 So. 2d 1242 (Miss. 1987). “[Emphasis added] Pertinent principles are set forth in Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-103 , as follows: § 25-9-103.”

Mississippi Dept. of Corr. v. Smith, 883 So. 2d 124 (Miss. Ct. App. 2004). “Miss.Code Ann. § 25-9-103 (Rev.2003). The Gill Court found that these "statutes standing alone confer upon state employees no express right to be secure in their employment from political interference.”

Young v. Mississippi State Tax Com'n, 635 So. 2d 869 (Miss. 1994). “Young claims the circuit judge erred when he reversed the EAB on this point because there is substantial evidence in the record that the MSTC, contrary to Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-103 (d) and regulations of the SPB, terminated him without affording him the opportunity to correct…”

Mississippi Dep't of Human Servs. v. Baum, 730 So. 2d 58 (Miss. 1998). “§ 25 — 9—107(c)(xiii) (Supp.1997). It is the policy of the state personnel system “[t]o assure fair treatment of applicants and employees in all aspects of personnel administration without regard to .”

Mississippi Dep't of Corr. v. Tiffany McClure (Miss. 2024). “” Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-103 (Rev. 2018). According to the Handbook, the following list of grievable issues are reserved for internal resolution by the State Personnel Board: A.”

Mississippi State Tax Comm'n v. Anthony Viola (Miss. 1993). “First, counseling and "performance improvement plans" are different methods for an agency to correct what it perceives to be employee deficiencies.”

Mississippi Dep't of Human Servs. v. Raymond M. Baum (Miss. 1996). “Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-107 (c)(xiii) (Supp.”

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— Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-103(e) — 1 case

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