Most companies provide paid time off for jury duty. It is a good idea to include a reference to jury duty in your employee handbook.
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Small Business Notes We, at Small Business Notes, support employees called to fulfill their civic duty to serve jury duty when called. You must provide your supervisor with a copy of your jury summons as soon as possible upon receiving the summons. Your regular salary will continue as before for each day served, up to 40 hours per week, for a maximum of four (4) weeks. Adequate proof of service must be provided in order to receive your regular salary during your absence for jury duty. When you return to work, you should provide your supervisor with verification from the court of the number of days you served on the jury, and the amount that you were paid per day. If the amount you are compensated by the court, per day, exceeds twenty ($20) dollars per day, your regular pay will be offset by the excess amount. Extenuating circumstances, which would cause this deduction to become a penalty, must be discussed with and approved by your supervisor. If you are released from jury duty with at least four (4) hours remaining in your work day, you should return to work for the remainder of the day. Should extraordinary circumstances exist which would make your absence severely detrimental to the operation of our company, at the time of your call to jury duty, we reserve the right to contact the court to request that your service be postponed. |
