Employees may be granted time off for any following jury
duty related reasons:
- Preliminary jury selection process
- Appearance in court as a member of a jury panel
- Appearance at a coroner's request
- Appearance in court as a subpoenaed witness serving
in the interest of the State (except if party to the suit)
Eligibility
All employees are eligible for Jury Duty. Time
off with pay for Jury Duty will be only for those hours the employee was
scheduled to work.
Usage
To be entitled to use Jury Duty, an employee
must be eligible and in active employment status.
Attendance Recording
When an employee appears for jury duty selection
or appears in court as a jury panel member or at a coroner's inquest,
record "JD01" and hours in the "Ern ID" area of the Time and Attendance
Report Form 672.
When an employee appears in court as a subpoenaed witness serving in the
interest of the State (except if party to the suit), record "SW01" and
the hours in the "Ern ID" area of the Time and Attendance Report Form
672.
To receive full-pay while on jury duty or witness status, employees must
submit Jury Duty History Report/Witness Validation Slips and the Absence
and Additional Time Worked Report (634) in duplicate to Payroll Services.
The employee will be billed by the Accounting Office at a later date.
In addition to the payment of Jury Duty fees, employees may receive travel
compensation at the same time. Employees may keep the travel portion of
the fees.
For Jury Duty, On the Absence and Additional Time Worked Report (634)
in line 7f mark "J" and the hours. For Subpoenaed Witness,
use the symbol "SW" and the hours in line 7f.
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