Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-129 (2026)

Employee appeals board; membership; terms of office; compensation

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The State Personnel Board shall appoint an employee appeals board, which shall consist of three (3) hearing officers, for the purpose of holding hearings, compiling evidence and rendering decisions on appeals of state agency action adversely affecting the employment status or compensation of any employee in the state service. Hearings before the employee appeals board may be conducted by an individual hearing officer or by the board en banc, as provided in State Personnel Board rules. The original appointments shall be effective February 1, 1981, as follows:

Laws, 1980, ch. 303, § 9(2); Laws, 1982, ch. 390, § 3, eff. 7/1/1982.


Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1984–2024 · leading case: Tillmon v. Miss. State Dept. of Health, 749 So. 2d 1017 (Miss. 1999).
Tillmon v. Miss. State Dept. of Health, 749 So. 2d 1017 (Miss. 1999). · cites it 2× “Miss.Code Ann. § 25-9-129 (1999) states that the EAB was created: .”
Miss. State Pers. Bd. v. Armstrong, 454 So. 2d 912 (Miss. 1984). · cites it 2× “Armstrong's petition asserted that Hearing Officer Miller's decision was unauthorized by law because Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-129 (Supp. 1981) required that the Employee Appeals Board consist of three hearing officers.”
Moody v. Miss. Dept. of Pub. Saf., 729 So. 2d 1249 (Miss. 1999). · cites it 3× “In support of this argument, Moody cites Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-129 , which established the EAB, and provides: The State Personnel Board shall appoint an employee appeals board, which shall consist of three (3) hearing officers, for the purpose of holding hearings, compiling…”
Mississippi Dept. of Corr. v. Smith, 883 So. 2d 124 (Miss. Ct. App. 2004). “Miss.Code Ann. § 25-9-129 (Rev.2003). Both the hearing officer and then the Board found that improper political influence caused Smith to be terminated.”
Robert E. Moody v. Mississippi Dep't of Pub. Saf. (Miss. 1998). · cites it 3× “In support of this argument, Moody cites Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-129 , which established the EAB, and provides: The State Personnel Board shall appoint an employee appeals board, which shall consist of three (3) hearing officers, for the purpose of holding hearings, compiling…”
James Richards v. Mississippi Dep't of Pub. Saf.; (Miss. Ct. App. 2020). “The EAB hears the case de novo, and this Court must search the record for substantial evidence to support the EAB’s decision. ¶72. The members of the EAB are appointed by the State Personnel Board to hold hearings, take evidence, and decide appeals by “state service” employees…”
Mississippi Dep't of Corr. v. Tiffany McClure (Miss. 2024). “” Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-129 (Rev. 2018). Per the Handbook, “[a]n employee is adversely affected as to compensation or employment status when the employee is dismissed, involuntarily demoted with a reduction in pay, or suspended without pay.”
Henri Tillmon v. Mississippi State Dep't of Health (Miss. 1998). · cites it 2× “Miss. Code Ann. § 25-9-129 (1999) states that the EAB was created: .”
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