Virginia Sample Letter for Employer Requesting Employee's Jury Duty Release
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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. A refusal to allow the employee the required amount of time off work would place the employer in contempt of court.
Your employer does not have to pay you while you're on jury service. But you can claim from the court for: travel. food expenses.
In the state of Virginia, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, state police, police in counties, cities and towns, the superintendent of the penitentiary and his assistants and persons composing the guard, and jail officers are all exempt from serving on a jury.
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.
No Virginia provisions compel an employer to pay an employee during their leave for jury duty. Most private employers do pay employees during their jury service. It is advisable to check your entitlements under your work agreement. An employee must give reasonable notice to their employer of a jury duty summons.
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.
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.
Non-exempt employees are paid for time worked. Therefore, there is no federal legal requirement (nor Virginia requirement) to pay these employees for jury duty, since this is time not worked. Some employers may voluntarily choose to pay employees (exempt and non-exempt) for jury duty.
