Maryland Sample Letter for Employer Requesting Employee's Jury Duty Release
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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.
Employers are not obligated to pay their employees while serving jury duty. Some private employers do provide full or partial compensation to their employees for time lost due to serving jury duty.
Federal jurors are paid $50 a day. While the majority of jury trials last less than a week, jurors can receive up to $60 a day after serving 10 days on a trial, and grand jurors can receive up to $60 a day after serving 45 days on a grand jury.
No. While courts can pay travel costs, subsistence allowances and allowances for loss of earnings and other financial loss to individuals who attend jury service, no payment is made to third parties such as employers.
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.
Can I be excused from jury service? Under certain very limited circumstances, you can be excused from jury service. You must show that excusal is required because of extreme inconvenience, public necessity, or undue hardship. Being excused is intended to be used only for the most serious of situations.
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.
Employers are not obligated to pay their employees while serving jury duty. Some private employers do provide full or partial compensation to their employees for time lost due to serving jury duty.
