Jury service pre booked annual leave

Marvel1

Just received a summons for jury duty

The dates selected is a date I have off booked annual leave - not going anywhere (great bloody timing).

What happens in this situation in regards to leave with employer?

Edit: Damn it I forgot to mention somethimg to late in the hour when I posted.

In regards to my pre booked leave, i sort of have to use it as I have too much and my new entitlement starts while my last day leaves ends - am I making sense?

I don't to want to waste my leave hanging around all day in court.

I don't mind referring to a new date but as i have not booked a holiday, it's awkard.

xapprenticex

cancel the leave

sangie595

But bear in mind that jurors aren't entitled to paid leave from their employers - and the allowance paid for loss of earnings may not cover your actual wage unless you are on a lower income. Alternatively, at this stage, you may be able to tell the jury service that your are on holiday - I don't think they require evidence - and ask for a deferment.

nicechap

Read the form carefully, it tells you what to do if you can't attend. You will be re-allocated another slot to do your service.

Do not just not turn up without telling them, you may find yourself in contempt and fined or worse.

Enjoy the experience, bring a book or similar to occupy the downtime waiting for cases.

JReacher1

Most companies will pay you for attending jury service so check your policy and if they do then cancel your leave and enjoy the experience.

I always believe it is your civic duty to do jury service when asked, and people shouldn’t try and get out of it.

DigForVictory

Simples, you've just won an exciting survival staycation with a forumite here on MSE & are expected to show up in Lancashire for the hands-on experience you've won.

There, holiday 'booked'. As someone who also gets into use it or loose it leave situations, you have my absolute & practical sympathy. PM me if you need anything printing & posting?!

As it happens, I agree w JReacher, but I take your point about leave as being equally valid & I don't think jury service is as reliably restful as some think. Eyes various fraud cases which ran for months etc - you the juror don't get to chose!

Manxman_in_exile

I agree with sangie - tell them you are on annual leave and they will re-allocate you.


But I also agree with jd reacher that it is a public duty and not to be evaded uneccesarily.

LilElvis

cjdavies wrote: »

Damn it I forgot to mention somethimg to late in the hour when I posted.

In regards to my pre booked leave, i sort of have to use it as I have too much and my new entitlement starts while my last day leaves ends - am I making sense?

I don't to want to waste my leave hanging around all day in court.

I don't mind referring to a new date but as i have not booked a holiday abroad, it's awkard.

You can reply online - there should be a blue leaflet included with your letter - https://www.gov.uk/reply-jury-summons

I was called for jury service last month but I'm unable to attend due to lack of pre/post school childcare. I completed the online form and received a letter about two weeks later confirming that I have been excused from serving. I was not asked to provide any supporting evidence.

clairec79

I was called whilst on maternity leave (in actual fact was called for when I was 39 weeks pregnant), I replied with the dates of my maternity leave and they rearranged it for about a month after the end date I'd given them.

Bear in mind if it's deferred once it can't be deferred again (because my work tried to get it put off and couldn't)

sangie595

JReacher1 wrote: »

Most companies will pay you for attending jury service so check your policy and if they do then cancel your leave and enjoy the experience.

I always believe it is your civic duty to do jury service when asked, and people shouldn’t try and get out of it.

Really? Can you evidence that? Because in my experience that tends to apply only to public sector employers and one or two others. In my experience most employers don't give full pay for jury service. I believe that it costs something like £2k a day per sitting court, which is a lot more than a few bus fairs and lunch for each juror.

In the public sector your are paid full pay, but must claim the allowances and reimburse the employer for them, or you don't get paid in full.

JReacher1

sangie595 wrote: »

Really? Can you evidence that? Because in my experience that tends to apply only to public sector employers and one or two others. In my experience most employers don't give full pay for jury service. I believe that it costs something like £2k a day per sitting court, which is a lot more than a few bus fairs and lunch for each juror.

In the public sector your are paid full pay, but must claim the allowances and reimburse the employer for them, or you don't get paid in full.

Seriously how do you expect me to provide proof of this? Do you want me to hand over the company handbook for every company in the UK?

As I said in my post the OP should check their company policy which is perfectly sensible advice, but as normal for some reason you want to start an argument about the use of the word "most". You want to chill a bit really!

I will clarify my comment just to appease you! Every company I have worked for in the private sector has always paid you when you are doing jury service. In addition all of my friends who have done Jury service have still been paid by their private sector company.

Finally the official government advice is that "many employers do pay you when you do Jury Service"

https://www.gov.uk/giving-staff-time-off-jury-service/paying-staff-on-jury-service

I accept "many" has a different meaning to "most" but it is the best I can do!