Jury Duty Salary Reimbursement

[HowardC]

What is the name of your state? Virginia
My associate has been called for jury duty. His company says they will pay him for only 3 days "unless required otherwise by state law." Please advise.What is the name of your state?

 

[JETX]

What is the name of your state? Virginia
My associate has been called for jury duty. His company says they will pay him for only 3 days "unless required otherwise by state law." Please advise.

Advise what?? Have him serve his jury duty and if it takes more than three days or he otherwise has a pay problem... THEN consider what to do.

 

[moburkes]

From my understanding, employers are not required to pay for jury duty time. I don't find anything related to that requirement at the VA Department of Labor website. Did you start there, before you posted?

 

[HowardC]

Thanks

I thank moburkes for doing the research I should have done, and passing on the information. As to jetx, if your need for sarcasm is overwhelming you, go somewhere else will you?

 

[moburkes]

I thank moburkes for doing the research I should have done, and passing on the information. As to jetx, if your need for sarcasm is overwhelming you, go somewhere else will you?

Hold on. You never asked a legal question. You admitted that you didn't do any research. We don't get paid for this. If you will read any other threads, you need to ask a question, in order for there to be an answer. Its really basic. You should apologize. (my opinion)

 

[fairisfair]

I thank moburkes for doing the research I should have done, and passing on the information. As to jetx, if your need for sarcasm is overwhelming you, go somewhere else will you?

there is no requirement for your "associate" to be paid by his employer. It is left to the employer to establish that policy. Employers are restricted from demoting, firing or otherwise penalizing while on jury duty. Compensation for jury duty appears to be $30 per day in VA, so that would apply to those days not compensated by the employer.

PS JetX was right, most jurors never even get into a courtroom, why worry about it until it happens.????

 

[cbg]

VA law, and the laws of most states, do not require an employer to pay for jury duty time.

There is one caveat to that. If your friend is EXEMPT (not all salaried individuals are exempt) then under the FLSA he has to be paid in full for any week in which he does any work at all. Jury duty is NOT an exception to that law. So if he works part of the work week, and is on jury duty for the rest, he has to be paid for the full week.

However, if he is out for a full work week or more on jury duty, he does not have to be paid for any of the time. If that is the case, three days of pay is more than the employer needs to offer.

If he is non-exempt, even if he is normally paid on a salaried basis, if he gets three days of pay he is getting three days more than the law requires.

 

[fairisfair]

I was thinking, wonder how long till some one has THAT as their signature!!

 

[pattytx]

I was thinking, wonder how long till some one has THAT as their signature!!

Are you talking about this? (see below)