Section 27-110-5.5.5 - Lateral Transfer (Inter-Agency)When requesting the lateral transfer (inter-agency) for a state service employee to a competitive or non-competitive position in state service, the following shall be in effect:
A. The requested effective date may be as follows:1. Competitive State Service - effective any time during the month, provided it is no earlier than the date the Referred List was issued.2. The effective date for a non-competitive/exempt lateral transfer will be the date the individual begins work. Employees hired into those job classifications and positions exempt from the selection process pursuant to MSPB action or by the nature of their service type (part-time and time-limited positions) must meet the selection criteria. The request must be received by MSPB within the same month the individual begins work.B. Laterally transferred employees retain status date (except as otherwise stated in section 2.1.1) and hire date in the new position to which transferred.C. OSR will create a new 365-day performance review period beginning the effective date of the personnel transaction.D. The following documentation is to be submitted with the lateral transfer (inter-agency) request if the transfer is to a different job classification: 1. The actioned Referred List, where applicable; and2. A State of Mississippi Application, where applicable.E. It is the transferring agency's responsibility to enter into OSR the separation indicating an employee's transfer on the correct day.27 Miss. Code. R. 110-5.5.5