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Miss. Code Ann. § 71-17-1 Short title
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The provisions of this chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Equal Pay for Equal Work Act”.
Miss. Code Ann. § 71-17-3 Definitions
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(a) For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings as defined in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:(a) “Employee” means any individual who is employed to work forty (40) or more hours a week and who is employed …
Miss. Code Ann. § 71-17-5 Unequal pay to member of the opposite sex for equal work requiring equal skill, education, effort and responsibility performed under similar working conditions prohibited; exceptions; enforcement by civil suit; remedies; retaliation against employee prohibited
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(1) No employer may pay an employee a wage at a rate less than the rate at which an employee of the opposite sex in the same establishment is paid for equal work on a job, the performance of which requires equal skill, education, effort and responsibility, and which is performed …
Miss. Code Ann. § 71-17-7 Timing of civil action; relief may be sought under this chapter or Equal Pay Act of 1963 but not both; mandatory authority of published precedents; severability
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(1) A civil action brought under this chapter may be commenced no later than two (2) years from the day the employee knew or should have known his or her employer was in violation of this chapter. (2) If an employee brings a claim under the Equal Pay Act of 1963, a separate actio…
