by Associated Press Published: May 29,2013
Tags: board of supervisors, county, county government, elected official, pay, pay raise, politician, Politics, public official, raise, salary, supervisor
LIBERTY — Amite County supervisors have voted themselves a 15 percent pay raise. The Enterprise-Journal reports the action came this past week. Supervisors say it the first one for the board in nearly a decade and is allowed by state law. The board voted unanimously for their increases, which come to $5,700 for each of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 15,2013
Tags: college, education, faculty, higher education, minimum wage, pay, payroll, postsecondary education, puublic university, salary, Staff, univertsity, wage
HATTIESBURG — University of Southern Mississippi President Rodney Bennett has announced a new minimum salary of $21,000 a year to go into effect July 1. Currently 194 employees, many of them in custodial positions, make below that amount. Bennett called the salary hikes “the right thing to do.” He said that many employees work second [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 18,2013
Tags: auditor, bench, circuit clerk, city government, countersuit, elected official, election, itics, judge, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, pay, pol, politician, public official, salary, state agency, vote, voter, Voting
VICKSBURG — Trading one debt in the circuit clerk’s office to pay off another in time for Circuit Clerk Shelly Ashley-Palmertree to win a third term was a big deal to her in 2011. So much so, that it was written in a letter to state auditors agreeing to the swap. “Pursuant to our phone [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 11,2013
Tags: automaker, automobile, Automotive, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, pay, payroll, salary, vehicle, workforce
CANTON — Nissan Motor Co. will raise pay for its employees in Mississippi and Tennessee. The company has told its employees it will increase their wages starting in October at its Canton and Smyrna, Tenn., assembly plants, as well as its Decherd, Tenn., engine plant. Nissan says pay will go up by 55 cents an [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 24,2013
Tags: alderman, board of aldermen, city government, increase, mayor, municipal, municipality, pay, pay hike, raise, salary, veto
STARKVILLE — Mayor Parker Wiseman has vetoed a salary increase for members of the board of aldermen and the mayor. The Starkville Daily News reports the city board had approved the raises Jan. 2 on a 6-1 vote. Wiseman vetoed it Tuesday. The proposal would increase the aldermen’s annual pay from $12,000 to $15,000 and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 14,2013
Tags: check, city government, employee, employer, municipal, municipality, pay, payroll, salary, system, wage
JACKSON — A new payroll system in Jackson won’t cut the pay of city employees, but workers still will receive less money for the first seven months of 2013. The Clarion-Ledger reports the city is switching to a bi-weekly pay system from the bi-monthly one it uses now, spreading employee pay over 26 pay periods [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 19,2012
Tags: city, city council, compensate, compensation, councilman, government, municipal, municipality, pay, salary
PASCAGOULA — The Pascagoula City Council has approved a new approach to determine the salaries for city employees to go into effect in 2013. The Sun Herald reports the new plan will base salary off of the jobs’ values rather than the people fulfilling those positions. In a study that compared Pascagoula’s city employees’ salaries [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 18,2012
Tags: back wages, construction, contractor, federal government, pay, roof, roofer, roofing, salary, settlement, wages
GULFPORT — Mandal’s Inc. has agreed with the U.S. Department of Labor to pay 94 employees $85,106 in back wages. The Labor Department said in a news release that its Wage and Hour Division found the company had paid the employees “straight time” for hours worked beyond 40 in a work week. The government says [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 3,2012
Tags: city government, federal agency, federal government, fine, law, municipal, municipality, overtime, pay, payroll, salary, violation, wage
JACKSON — The Department of Labor has fined the city of Jackson $31,750 for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act uncovered during a recent federal probe. The Clarion-Ledger reports the department began investigating the city in late 2011 after some unidentified officers complained that their superiors were making them work overtime without proper pay. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 25,2012
Tags: federal bureau, federal government, income, pay, personal income, report, salary, study, survey, wage
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Finally, some good news about Mississippi’s economy. Personal income grew at a 1.2 percent annual rate in 2012′s second quarter, the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis said today. That’s sixth-highest among the states. Personal income grew 1 percent nationwide. Workplace earnings and government payments grew faster than the nation, while dividend, interest [...] [...]
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