next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or other day the Administrative Office is closed. Intermediate Saturdays, Sundays and legal Holidays shall be excluded in the computation when the period of time prescribed or allowed is less than ten days. In the event any legal holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the legal holiday will be observed as mandated by law. III. Who May Appeal; Actions Which May Be Appealed A. A permanent State Service employee may appeal any action adversely affecting his or her compensation or employment status after exhausting applicable agency grievance procedures. B. A permanent State Service employee may appeal any grievable action and/or a disciplinary action. (See Section 10.1 10.6 of the Mississippi State Personnel Board – Policy and Procedures Manual). No person may appeal a non-grievable action. (See Section 10.3 of the Mississippi State Personnel Board Policy and Procedures Manual). A permanent State Service employee, probationary employee in a State Service position, or non-State Service employee in, or applicant for, an authorized employment position in an agency which employs State Service employees, may appeal alleged acts of discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or political affiliation in any personnel action or unlawful employment practice. A permanent State Service employee, probationary employee in a State Service position, or non-State Service employee in, or applicant for, an authorized employment position in an agency which employs State Service employees, may appeal alleged acts of retaliation based upon the employee or reports of alleged improper applicant’s government action to a State investigative body. An employee may appeal the decision that he or she is not eligible to receive donated leave because the injury or illness of the employee or member of the employee’s immediate family is not, in the appointing a catastrophic authority’s determination, injury or illness. IV. Exhaustion of Remedies No person may file an appeal with the Administrative Office until all applicable grievance procedures have been exhausted in accordance with MSPB policies, rules and regulations. Except as authorized under federal law, no aggrieved party may file a petition for judicial review with a court of competent jurisdiction until a final written decision and order of the EAB has been filed by the Administrative Office.
next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or other day the Administrative Office is closed. Intermediate Saturdays, Sundays and legal Holidays shall be excluded in the computation when the period of time prescribed or allowed is less than ten days. In the event any legal holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the legal holiday will be observed as mandated by law. III. Who May Appeal; Actions Which May Be Appealed A. A permanent State Service employee may appeal any action adversely affecting his or her compensation or employment status after exhausting applicable agency grievance procedures. B. A permanent State Service employee may appeal any grievable action and/or a disciplinary action. (See Section 10.1 – 10.6 of the Mississippi State Personnel Board Policy and Procedures Manual). No person may appeal a non-grievable action. (See Section 10.3 of the Mississippi State Personnel Board Policy and Procedures Manual). A permanent State Service employee, probationary employee in a State Service position, or non-State Service employee in, or applicant for, an authorized employment position in an agency which employs State Service employees, may appeal alleged acts of discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or political affiliation in any personnel action or unlawful employment practice. A permanent State Service employee, probationary employee in a State Service position, or non-State Service employee in, or applicant for, an authorized employment position in an agency which employs State Service employees, may appeal alleged acts of retaliation based upon the employee or applicant’s reports of alleged improper government action to a State investigative body. An employee may appeal the decision that he or she is not eligible to receive donated leave because the injury or illness of the employee or member of the employee’s immediate family is not, in the appointing authority’s determination, a catastrophic injury or illness. IV. Exhaustion of Remedies No person may file an appeal with the Administrative Office until all applicable grievance procedures have been exhausted in accordance with MSPB policies, rules and regulations. Except as authorized under federal law, no aggrieved party may file a petition for judicial review with a court of competent jurisdiction until a final written decision and order of the EAB has been filed by the Administrative Office.
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