Delaware Sample Letter for Employer Requesting Employee's Jury Duty Release
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When writing your or your employee's jury duty excuse letter, you must include basic information like the juror number, date, and your mailing address. You also need to include the clerk's information. Include detailed information about why you or your employee needs to be excused from serving jury duty.
If you want to be excused for another reason (such as illness), you must state that reason on the form and enclose any certificates or documents in support of your application. The County Registrar will decide if you can be excused, or not.
If you fail to appear for Jury Duty, you'll receive a postcard in the mail telling you that you missed your summons date and that you should call the Court immediately. If you fail to appear a second time, the Court may have a Deputy Sheriff serve a summons upon you at your home.
An employer cannot refuse to allow an employee time off work if they have been summoned for jury service, as a juror is required to attend by the Juries Act 1974.
An employer might provide employees with a contractual entitlement to pay during jury service. Where there is no contractual provision, the employer may exercise its discretion and provide full pay for the whole period spent on jury service, even though there is no statutory or contractual obligation to do so.
Other Jury Duty Excuses in DelawareA prospective juror may be excused from jury service by the Court only upon a showing of undue hardship, extreme inconvenience or public necessity, for a period the Court deems necessary. The juror is then rescheduled to appear at a later date, deemed by the Court.
Employers must allow an employee time off for jury service, although employees can ask for a delay if it will harm the business, but can only delay once in a 12-month period. Jury service in most cases is an average of ten working days but may be longer or shorter depending on the case.
Delaware County operates under the one day or one trial jury system. Jurors must serve one day. There are rare instances where you may be called to a Court Room or have been selected on a panel later in the day where the judge may ask you to return for a second day of jury selection.
Other Jury Duty Excuses in DelawareA prospective juror may be excused from jury service by the Court only upon a showing of undue hardship, extreme inconvenience or public necessity, for a period the Court deems necessary. The juror is then rescheduled to appear at a later date, deemed by the Court.
