Bill Text: MS HB444 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: School employee salaries and wages; require December payment to be paid by last working day of the month.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Failed) 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee [HB444 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2013-HB444-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2013 Regular Session
To: Education
By: Representative Straughter
House Bill 444
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-9-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THAT IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, THE SALARIES AND WAGES OF ALL SCHOOL EMPLOYEES BE PAID ON THE LAST WORKING DAY OF THAT MONTH; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 37-9-39, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
37-9-39. Salary or
wages paid to any employee of any school shall be paid on a basis as determined
by the local school board of each school district consistent with the
provisions of Section 37-157-103(1), except for December, when salaries or
wages shall be paid * * * by the last
working day. Salaries or wages shall be paid at a minimum on a monthly
basis. Any school employee whose employment ends during a school term,
regardless of the reason(s) the employment ended, shall be paid salary or wages
only for that portion of the school term that employee actually worked.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to entitle any employee to payment
of salary or wages when no work has been performed.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
