MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC. 37-9-39. Time of payment of salaries.

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, 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.

SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 6282-14; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 20, Sec. 14; 1955, Ex Sess, ch. 53; 1974, ch. 455; 1986, ch. 492, Sec. 76; 1987, ch. 307, Sec. 13; 1990, ch. 398, Sec. 1; 1992, ch. 524, Sec. 5; 1997 Laws, Chapter 545, Sec. 15, SB2512; Laws, 2003, ch. 546, § 3, HB 742, eff from and after passage (approved Apr. 22, 2003).

PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Pre-2003


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