Mississippi's employment preemption statute, Miss. Code Section 17-1-51, prevents cities from imposing predictive scheduling, fair workweek, or other work-hour ordinances on private employers.
Predictive scheduling laws, often called fair workweek ordinances, require employers to provide advance notice of work schedules and pay penalties for last-minute changes. Mississippi has not enacted any such statewide rule, and Miss. Code Section 17-1-51 prevents cities and counties from adopting their own scheduling mandates. The statute's scope reaches hours, scheduling, leave, wages, and benefits, ensuring uniform employment standards across the state. Federal Fair Labor Standards Act protections governing overtime and recordkeeping continue to apply, but Mississippi employers are not subject to local advance-notice or rest-between-shifts requirements that are increasingly common in other states.
Local scheduling ordinances are void under state preemption; employers may decline to comply with conflicting municipal rules.
Biloxi, MS
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