04-08-2018, 06:22 AM
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Originally posted by geochem
WNK there is another more significant issue as well: your employer is under no obligation to pay you for your days serving on Jury Duty while the Feds are paying you a munificent $40/day per diem. Don't know about you, but a week or so of jury duty could hit someone's bottom line pretty hard...
According to their Juror FAQ page on their website (http://www.hid.uscourts.gov/dsp_FAQ.cfm?catid=5&SNPID=27&SNMID=29) ,
Petit (trial) jurors are on call for a 90-day period. Term begins on the issuance date of a juror’s first summons. Although on call, jurors are only be required to report for jury selection one or two times during a service term. Jurors selected for a petit jury are required to serve through the completion of the trial. The average juror serves approximately 2 weeks for one trial.
In my situation, my employer will not pay me for any time I would spend on jury duty. My job requires me to fly to the mainland and overseas during the spring and fall. I am currently working 84 hour work weeks, and to lose several weeks pay during our busy season would be a huge financial hit. I am all for doing one's civic duty, but when it is going to interfere with my ability to pay bills, I will gladly opt out of doing my civic duty this time around.
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