Section 27-120-9.3 - WHO MAY APPEAL; ACTIONS WHICH MAY BE APPEALEDA. State Service employees may appeal having been dismissed or otherwise adversely affected as to compensation or employment status (formal disciplinary action defined in Section 7.1).B. Non-State Service employees may appeal having been dismissed or otherwise adversely affected as to compensation or employment status (formal disciplinary action defined in Section 7.1) only on the basis of alleged violations of state or federal law.C. Employees may appeal issues that are grievable pursuant to Section 8.1 after having properly exhausted the grievance procedure pursuant to Section 8.2. When an employee has received due process (written notice and hearing pursuant to Section 7.3) prior to being issued a Written Reprimand, the employee may appeal directly to the MEAB without exhausting the MSPB grievance procedure.D. Employees may appeal alleged violations of Mississippi Code Annotated §§ 25-9-171 through 25-9-177.E. Pursuant to Mississippi Code Annotated § 25-3-95(8)(e) 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.27 Miss. Code. R. 120-9.3