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work and jury duty

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  • Sambucus_Nigra
    Sambucus_Nigra Posts: 8,669 Forumite
    What will happen to the kids for those 3 days that you would have been at home?
    If you haven't got it - please don't flaunt it. TIA.
  • stroodes
    stroodes Posts: 393 Forumite
    childcare is not a problem oldest son is in 5th year so prob have to force him to watch little brother with a money bribe as hubby will be working.
  • Sambucus_Nigra
    Sambucus_Nigra Posts: 8,669 Forumite
    stroodes wrote: »
    childcare is not a problem oldest son is in 5th year so prob have to force him to watch little brother with a money bribe as hubby will be working.

    Sigh.

    If you want a way out then this would be it. You couldn't possibly leave the youngster to babysit the other hes not at all responsible yada yada....
    If you haven't got it - please don't flaunt it. TIA.
  • bluenoseam
    bluenoseam Posts: 4,612 Forumite
    Just suck it up, chances are you won't be called anyways and if you are, the liklihood is it'll be some shoplifting charge where he'll plead guilty at the last minute - so the probability of you being at work & jury duty 9 days on the spin are fairly slim.
    Retired member - fed up with the general tone of the place.
  • stroodes
    stroodes Posts: 393 Forumite
    thanks for replies have found out that court does not expect jurors to be at court and work for more than 7 days therefore if this is the case employers must provide time off.
  • getmore4less
    getmore4less Posts: 46,882 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper I've helped Parliament
    stroodes wrote: »
    thanks for replies have found out that court does not expect jurors to be at court and work for more than 7 days therefore if this is the case employers must provide time off.

    If you pre arrange the time off unpaid and don't get called are you expecting the emloyer to give you work?
  • tanith
    tanith Posts: 8,091 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    My husband recently did jury service and his case last 8wks... but he didn't mind at all in fact he said he'd go again tomorrow...
    #6 of the SKI-ers Club :j

    "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" Edmund Burke
  • getmore4less
    getmore4less Posts: 46,882 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper I've helped Parliament
    tanith wrote: »
    My husband recently did jury service and his case last 8wks... but he didn't mind at all in fact he said he'd go again tomorrow...

    Was he getting paid?
  • Googlewhacker
    Googlewhacker Posts: 3,887 Forumite
    stroodes wrote: »
    thanks for replies have found out that court does not expect jurors to be at court and work for more than 7 days therefore if this is the case employers must provide time off.

    Have you got a link for this?
    The Googlewhacker referance is to Dave Gorman and not to my opinion of the search engine!

    If I give you advice it is only a view and always always take professional advice before acting!!!

    4 people on the ignore list....Bliss!
  • stroodes
    stroodes Posts: 393 Forumite
    havent got a link but is in my favourites incase i need to print it out for employer

    http--www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
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