Does your state

FutureMrs.McC

Force employers to pay for jury duty service? Someone on another board was asking why so many people don't want to serve and try to get out of it. I responded because it's a hardship since the pay is $15 a day. Apparently her state requires employees be payed. I have served twice. Once in Baltimore which wasn't bad because it's only one day. But the other time was in the county I grew up in. They require two weeks service. That's a long time without pay. Not to mention, between parking and lunch I was in the hole every day. Between this and Ashley's maternity/paternity leave post, I'm wondering how else my state sucks. HOL, property and income taxes AND they're always claiming to be broke? WTF?

chickymel

hmm, interesting question... I've never had to serve, just go for the day and leave.  My employer did pay me in full each time though.  But I think if I was picked, and it's longer than a week, then they can only pay a portion?  I'm going to research this!

FutureMrs.McC

That counts as serving.  In Baltimore, I didn't get a case.  In the county, I didn't get one until the last day of being there.  Day 10.

kingpepsisgirl

I think the law here is they are required to pay 2 days and that's it.  I just got a notice, I have to serve in June. 

BlueMnM

i work for the fed. govt. and we get paid for jury duty.

Mrs.G_09

I don't know if it's the law here, but my employer did pay me the 2 days of work I missed. I'm pretty sure without looking it up that it must be a state law otherwise my employer wouldn't pay. Even though it's now a state law for employers to give sick days, my employer somehow got around this law and I don't get sick days, something about our PTO counting as sick leave. BS in my opinion.

natalie115

I'm pretty sure that Oregon doesn't require employers to pay. I've never heard of anyone I know getting paid. I had no idea people were getting regular pay for it...I guess my state sucks too

FutureMrs.McC

natalie115:

I'm pretty sure that Oregon doesn't require employers to pay. I've never heard of anyone I know getting paid. I had no idea people were getting regular pay for it...I guess my state sucks too

 Yeah, me either!  When I was reading that chick's post I was thinking "WTF, because $15 a day really doesn't cut it". 

Oh and my state doesn't require paid sick days either.  Sounds like I really need to move!

Mrs.S_0909

I think we get something like $15 a day too. I don't think that employers are required to pay for jury duty here either.

stlucia_wife

i live in ashley's state and i don't get paid for jury duty.  it is up to the company to decided if they want to pay for jury duty.  if i remember right, you only get payed $10 a day too.  

smilz4milz

In Indiana it's up to the company if they'll pay or not.  DH had to go to jury duty last year and was paid $15/ day by the state and his employer did pay him for his time off, he just had to give HR the paperwork from the court to prove he was there.

I think if you're actually selected to be a juror, Indiana pays $40/ day + mileage.

AprilJT

When I worked in Wyoming at the hospital they paid you if you had jury duty (as in the hospital).  I live in WV now but I'm not sure what they do since I'm a  SAHM but before you posted this I thought all states were the same.

hawaiianbride08

When I served in Nebraska they were required to pay. I didn't get selected and just went back to work after, so I really didn't end up missing much work anyway. I did get $35 plus mileage to attend jury duty. Employers are allowed to deduct the $35 a day from your pay, but nothing more.

alisonpilgrim610

Normally I just go for the day, don't get chosen & go home early. I've gotten paid every time by my company like I worked a normal day.

But the last time I went, I actually was on a trial. My company paid for the first 3 days and then the state paid us an hourly wage for the rest of the time. I can't remember how much it was, but it was close to what I was making at the time so it wasn't too bad for me.

Speaking of which, I have jury duty coming up in April. Hopefully I don't get chosen again for a trial b/c I am leaving for vaca a week later! YIKES!!!

natalee215

I think our state only pays $9 a day, but I could be wrong about that amount.  Whether you get paid for a regular day of work depends on your company.  I worked for a small company prior to my current employer and they did not pay me for the day unless I wanted to use a vacation day.  At my current company, you get paid as "other paid absence" so the company pays you and it doesn't come out of your PTO.

Don't worry, Jenni, PA sucks just as much as MD does.  If it wasn't for my company, I wouldn't be getting paid for my maternity leave either.  Certain states just rock when it comes to paying for these things.  For example, a girl that does my exact same job in one of our offices in NJ is on maternity leave for nearly 6 months and it's paid leave!  She went out a month prior to her EDD and took another 5 months after.  NJ pays 6 weeks maternity, plus she got our company standard of 8 weeks pay, got paid through short term disability for the month prior and then used her 3 weeks vacation and 2 floating holidays, plus the paid company holidays between Christmas and Memorial Day, which was another 7.  Since I leave across the bridge, I'm getting the 8 weeks from the company and my almost 3 weeks remaining vacation.  (I used 2 floating holidays and 2 vacation for the Bahamas.)  So I have to take the remaning week+ of my 12 weeks unpaid.  It's so not fair.

dominicandreamer

I wish they did that here, then I'm sure there would be more people willing to serve. 

FutureMrs.McC:

Not to mention, between parking and lunch I was in the hole every day.

And funny I never really thought about it this way.

hawaiianbride08

natalee215:

I think our state only pays $9 a day, but I could be wrong about that amount.  Whether you get paid for a regular day of work depends on your company.  I worked for a small company prior to my current employer and they did not pay me for the day unless I wanted to use a vacation day.  At my current company, you get paid as "other paid absence" so the company pays you and it doesn't come out of your PTO.

Don't worry, Jenni, PA sucks just as much as MD does.  If it wasn't for my company, I wouldn't be getting paid for my maternity leave either.  Certain states just rock when it comes to paying for these things.  For example, a girl that does my exact same job in one of our offices in NJ is on maternity leave for nearly 6 months and it's paid leave!  She went out a month prior to her EDD and took another 5 months after.  NJ pays 6 weeks maternity, plus she got our company standard of 8 weeks pay, got paid through short term disability for the month prior and then used her 3 weeks vacation and 2 floating holidays, plus the paid company holidays between Christmas and Memorial Day, which was another 7.  Since I leave across the bridge, I'm getting the 8 weeks from the company and my almost 3 weeks remaining vacation.  (I used 2 floating holidays and 2 vacation for the Bahamas.)  So I have to take the remaning week+ of my 12 weeks unpaid.  It's so not fair.

I believe at my job you only get short term disability (60% of pay) for the first 6 weeks (or 8 weeks if a c-section) and then no pay for the remaining 4 - 6 weeks. So you have it better than some!

natalee215

I know that I have it better than a lot of people but it makes me made that someone in the same position as me gets twice the paid time off that I do because she lives in NJ and I live in PA.

captainleela

I think we're required to use PTO for jury duty. Which means we get paid, but only because we're using PTO.