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Human Resources Policy and Procedure
Number 73.0: Jury Duty
Revision 07/11/02

     
73.1

Policy

Any employee who is called for jury duty shall be granted time off to fulfill this responsibility.

73.1.1 Any regular employee will be granted time off with pay for such leave.
73.1.2 An employee eligible for jury duty must submit to the department head a copy of the call to jury duty as soon as possible after its receipt.
73.1.3 A regular full-time or half-time staff employee will continue to accrue vacation and temporary disability leave during jury duty time.
73.1.4 The employee’s benefits will remain in effect during jury duty time.
73.1.5 Upon completion of jury duty, the employee shall report to work at the beginning of the next regularly scheduled work period. If such duty does not require the full work period, the employee shall report for work as soon as practical with travel time consideration.
73.1.6 An employee receiving jury duty pay from the court is entitled to keep such pay.
73.2

Delegation

The department head is responsible for receiving the copy of the call for jury duty and scheduling the employee’s time off.

73.3 Procedure
73.3.1 An employee requiring leave for jury duty shall request the leave at the earliest possible date and submit a copy of the call for jury duty to the department head.
Previous Version (Revision Date - 06/03/83)
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