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cemeteryconsort

Judge and Jury

May 27, 2015 23:20

Well, today I did my civic duty and went in for jury duty. As expected, I did not get called to serve. None of us did. They did have a trial, but opted for a judge trial. That's 3 hours I'll never get back. I did get some reading done, and ended up sitting next to a woman who was reading the same book, which was kind of funny. I'm reading the ( Read more... )

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Jury service miss_whiplash May 29 2015, 07:01:24 UTC

I was called for jury service once, it was the day after I was given notice of redundancy. My employer wrote to the court and got me off.

Re: Jury service cemeteryconsort May 29 2015, 11:43:30 UTC

Wait, so you lost your job and your employer said you didn't need to go in? Would they have had to pay for your time?

Re: Jury service miss_whiplash May 29 2015, 19:08:23 UTC

I was on a three month's notice period during which time there is a legal requirement to assist in seeking work. If I had done jury service the government would have paid me but I would have been disadvantaged as I would not have been able to look for a new job. If any trial had continued into the period where I had no job, then I would not have been paid at the same rate as my employment rate as I would not be missing out on paid work, however this would have technically left me out of pocket and was the reason my employer blocked it for me.