The Mississippi Department of Employment Security can require a reimbursing employer to post a bond securing the unemployment benefit costs it owes the trust fund. MDES sets the amount on your notice, and pricing starts from $100 with a soft credit check that never affects your score — enter the amount required and your exact price appears at the application.
















Enter the amount MDES set, consent to a soft credit pull, and file. Here's the whole thing:
Your business details, the bond amount MDES required, the effective date, and a one-time consent to a soft credit pull — that is the entire application.
Most of these clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
Receive the executed bond ready to file with the Department of Employment Security. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the department insists.
Most Mississippi employers pay unemployment taxes (contributions) into the state trust fund. But certain employers — typically nonprofits and government entities — can elect to be reimbursing employers instead, repaying the fund dollar-for-dollar for benefits actually paid to their former workers. The Mississippi Department of Employment Security can require those employers to post security.
The bond secures the reimbursable benefit amounts you owe the trust fund. It's a financial backstop: if a reimbursing employer fails to repay the benefits charged to its account, MDES can recover against the bond so the fund isn't left short.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and MDES (the obligee). The amount is set by MDES based on your benefit exposure — and if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Enter the amount required and pricing starts from $100, with a quick soft credit check that never affects your score.
Submit the application with the bond amount MDES set and a one-time consent to a soft credit pull — your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
Start the application →Pricing from $100, soft pull only. Enter the amount MDES set and file in 1–2 business days.