Mississippi employers seeking to prevent workplace violence, provide notice that weapons will not be permitted inside the workplace and show their compliance with the Mississippi law that gives employees the right to maintain a lawfully possessed firearm inside a locked, personal vehicle should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
Updated to reflect a Mississippi Supreme Court decision involving the wrongful termination of an employee in violation of the guns-in-parking-lots law.
Updated to include information on the 1st Circuit ruling Schwann v. FedEx, which preempts application of the second prong of the ABC Test to motor carriers.