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DoctorSumter2You t1_itxv36o wrote

Reply to comment by Smasa224 in Jury duty question - I got this email telling me I’m not needed, but don’t understand the highlighted part. It strikes me as odd that they’d require this. by SourCeladon

You both are correct. For some reason I thought the FSLA required PAID time off for Jury Duty. It requires unpaid and the courts can decide to pay you if selected.

Sorry, I've only been on a jury once in my life and my job at the time paid me for it. I see now I just had a convenient employer.

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Smasa224 t1_itxvdma wrote

Yup, I've been called in numerous times over the years... Some jobs will pay, some won't. The one that hurt me the most was 3 days where I was working full time hours, but not technically considered full time by my employer, so I didn't get paid.... Had to pick up overnight shifts to make up the difference... Terrible week. I was not a juror you wanted on your case.. I was cranky

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DoctorSumter2You t1_itxvqmj wrote

Wow, that's so unfortunate. It doesn't help that the courts only pay a few dollars per DAY for each day served. I was on a criminal trial for 2 or 3 days and I think they paid us something like either $18 per day or $18 total.

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