Jury service and work

jadorevintage

Hi

I'll be doing jury service in about a months' time.

If I get dismissed after X days and told I don't have to go back to the Court, am I allowed to go back to work? We will be very busy at work for the two weeks I am scheduled to serve and my boss has already said that if on any days I go to Court they dismiss me, they expect me to come to work for that day.

Thanks in advance.

theoretica

Of course! My work is near enough the court that when people are dismissed early for the day from jury service they come in for the rest of the afternoon!

jadorevintage

theoretica wrote: »

Of course! My work is near enough the court that when people are dismissed early for the day from jury service they come in for the rest of the afternoon!

Thanks. My workplace is about 35 miles from the Court I'll be attending. It's about an hour and 15 minutes drive from the Court, or an hour on the train... I guess it depends what time they dismiss people usually, whether it is around midday, mid-afternoon, etc.

Yorkie1

They will tell you on a daily basis whether you are needed the next day (obviously, if you're in a trial then you will almost certainly be needed the next day). The time they dismiss you can't be guaranteed. You might find that towards the end of your second week they may release you altogether but, again, this can't be guaranteed.

hcb42

yes you should go back to work.

PlutoinCapricorn

There is being dismissed early for the day, and there is being discharged. You need to be certain which is involved.

When I did jury service last year, they made it very clear when I was being sent home early and would be expected to come back the next day, and when my duty was finished completely. When juries had been selected for the day, I was sent home early. When many impending trials were cancelled, I was discharged three days early. In the latter case, I had done my duty by serving on a jury and there was a large number of new people waiting to be chosen.

In all cases, my time away from the courthouse was my own.

poppy_f1

i didnt go back to work after not being selected for jury duty - i guess i could if i wanted to - i called my work to say i would be in the next day and nothing was said about going in that day

LittleMissGiggles123

Yes you can go in. The form even used to ask if it is possible to return to work if you're not needed at court. I think they still ask something similar because the court needs to know for pay purposes. For example, when I did Jury service 5 years ago my employer said I couldn't return if it was a half day but I could go in for full days if I was told the day before that I was not needed. In this case, if the court sent me home halfway through the day they would still pay me for a full day, but if they'd notified me the day before that they didn't need me the next day, they did not pay me anything for that following day because obviously my employer was paying me.


Make sure you get this sorted correctly with work as you don't want to find yourself short at the end of the month for whatever reason.


Enjoy it, I loved jury service when I did it, after years of me saying I never wanted to be called up.

libra10

My son recently did jury service, and was only assigned to one trial. A second one was cancelled or postponed, and he wasn't needed.

The days when he wasn't serving as a juror, he went into work.