Archive of State Workplace Law News from MS 

DOD Launches Public-Private Initiative to Help Veterans Get Licensed Miss.: Three Soccer Coaches Lose Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Suit Miss.: No Jobless Benefits for Worker Whose Misconduct Caused Jobsite Accident Miss.: Workers’ Compensation Law Presumes Even Playing Field Miss.: Employee Fired for Misconduct Not Eligible for Unemployment Mississippi’s Unemployment Insurance Fraud Bill Imposes Random Drug Tests Mississippi Lumber Company Cited by OSHA for Combustible Dust, Other Hazards DOL Awards $7.6 Million to Five States for Innovative Re-employment Strategies OSHA Cites Lumber Company Following Fatal Electrocution at Mississippi Sawmill All Mississippi Employers Must Use E-Verify by July 1 Mississippi Space Center Contractor to Pay Back Wages to 46 Security Employees OSHA Fines Miss. Textile Company for Safety and Health Hazards Retaliation Case Dismissed by Mississippi Court Deference Given to Adjudicating State Agency When UI Claims Testimony Conflicts Miss. Nursing Home Settles $40,000 Age, Race Discrimination Suit More...