Employer and Jury Duty

trickytrolleys

rupee99 wrote: »

That is a rather crass comment made upon very little information.

An agency worker will cost a premium, probably of around 25/30% on the hourly wage of the employee. The worker is also likely to be less proficient at the job than the, experienced, employee on jury service. Against that there will be a saving on employers National Insurance Contributions of 12.8% on daily wages above c.£20 depending on the pay interval and length of absence.

May not be much of a business to you, but for some small business people the difference between survival or not.

I suspect its far more likely a case of 'im not prepared to pay' than cant afford to pay

Horace

If its a secretary or admin person that you are having to cover whilst they are away on jury duty it may be more cost effective to use a virtual PA than going to an agency who will charge a fair bit in fees.

pramsay13

trickytrolleys wrote: »

I suspect its far more likely a case of 'im not prepared to pay' than cant afford to pay

You suspect wrongly. It's actually a not-for-profit organisation with 4 employees so cash flow is tight. We're about to lose 1/4 of our workforce for 6 days and we have to replace the person with an agency worker which costs more, so there is no way we can pay the original staff member as well. Luckily for the person their wages should be covered by the limited expenses although only just.

Absinthe_Fairy

McKneff wrote: »

It may not be that simple, there is a cap on a daily rate of earnings paid by the Jury Service. Lots of people do lose out just because of that.

If the employee earns say £90 a day and the cap is £63 the employee is down
by £27 a day, times that by 10 days its a lot of money. So its no wonder a lot of people try to get out of doing it.

Really? That's appalling!

I've never done jury service but always naively assumed you would be paid your normal wage. I'm not surprised people don't want to do it in that case.

Musicmania1968

Wow, gosh, I dont know much about this, but I just thought that the employer paid for it when the person has to do this. Its the employee I feel sorry for, its them that will suffer, as I read that when they get their earnings from the courts they have to wait for their money, I could be totally wrong here of course and only going on what I was told before. Maybe others here can correct me on this?

Musicmania1968

Absinthe_Fairy wrote: »

Really? That's appalling!

I've never done jury service but always naively assumed you would be paid your normal wage. I'm not surprised people don't want to do it in that case.

Its ok cause I thought the same as you to.

Musicmania1968

Absinthe_Fairy wrote: »

Really? That's appalling!

I've never done jury service but always naively assumed you would be paid your normal wage. I'm not surprised people don't want to do it in that case.

Wow, and OMG so the jury service only pay up to a certain amount anyway. as again, the employee as usual loses out. So whats new.

Savvy_Sue

Musicmania1968 wrote: »

Wow, gosh, I dont know much about this, but I just thought that the employer paid for it when the person has to do this. Its the employee I feel sorry for, its them that will suffer, as I read that when they get their earnings from the courts they have to wait for their money, I could be totally wrong here of course and only going on what I was told before. Maybe others here can correct me on this?

Sometimes your employer will pay your normal wage less the daily rate you can claim. However I don't think you have to wait on your claim to the courts.

getmore4less

Why not offer the other workers overtime at the agency rates?

jdturk

Musicmania1968 wrote: »

Wow, and OMG so the jury service only pay up to a certain amount anyway. as again, the employee as usual loses out. So whats new.

lol hardly the employee losing out on its own, the employer loses an employee, as above might have to get cover etc etc etc