Jury Duty / Shift Work / attendance at work?

liviboy

London50 wrote: »

She is expected by the court that she attends for jury service,it is down to her employer to sort out cover for the dates she goes and IMO should not have put her on the shift she has but I think it is too late now for any changes {work wise}

Her work have already arranged cover for the next 2 weeks just in case. However, she remains on her existing roster and would attend work as normal if released/time permitted as expected by the court!

The question was whether this is expected in reverse, ie that the COURT (not employer) requests someone to attend their full shift because they’ve decided to call attendance only at 2pm. Forgetting that some people start work at stupid o’clock!

liviboy

74jax wrote: »

It says here night shift hours are until 6am, though I didn't read enough to see if it applies to Scotland.

However the form clearly states she must be able to turn up fit and alert for her court duty. If she doesn't feel she will be then she needs to sort that out. But at such short notice.......

https://www.gov.uk/night-working-hours

Surely though she would have had more notice than this to sort it all out?

There is nothing to sort out! It’s a simple question of expectation.

She didn’t run through every eventuality with her HR department as she expected to be asked to attend in the morning at court. She is NOT expected to be at her work tomorrow at 0300!

The question was the employer is being very flexible but as the court expect you attend work when not needed to attend for jury service, does this apply in reverse.

maman

It seems simple enough. She stays away from work on the days she attends court. The day she's released she returns to work on the next day. It would be courteous to let her employer know as soon as she's released so they can stand down the cover.

duchy

No , they expect her alert and awake to serve.
The release is more about if she (say) attended court on Monday and wasn't selected to sit on a case. In some instances she would be expected to repeat the process the next day, in others she might be released for several days in which case she'd return to work for the "free" days. She's not expected to work an early and then go to court on the same day.

London50

liviboy wrote: »

Her work have already arranged cover for the next 2 weeks just in case. However, she remains on her existing roster and would attend work as normal if released/time permitted as expected by the court!

The question was whether this is expected in reverse, ie that the COURT (not employer) requests someone to attend their full shift because they’ve decided to call attendance only at 2pm. Forgetting that some people start work at stupid o’clock!

I think she will find that {as far as the courts are} she will be at the court tomorrow for 2PM {not working for her company between 3 AM and midday}. If she is then needed to start serving on a case tomorrow she will then be told what time and what day she then has to be there to continue that case and that will happen each and every day she does jury service.
If for any reason there is a gap between the case/cases she attends she will{once again}be told by the court when to attend and it COULD be a few days gap.In that situation her company could request her to return to whatever shift is free BUT she should make it clear to her company WHEN she is due to return and the start time and her company will then need to find cover {even at short notice} for her.
It is NOT for the courts to decide what shifts/hours she works while on service it is up to the employer to,so she would need to make it clear to them when and at what times she is required at the court.

Savvy_Sue

need_an_answer wrote: »

My understanding is that whilst on jury service you are entitled to paid leave from work.

I am unsure about the Scottish system but that is my understanding of the situation in England

You're wrong. Your employer must release you, but doesn't have to pay you: that's why you can claim from the court for any day you're there and not at work.

TBH, I'd have thought with shift work it wouldn't normally be possible or reasonable to be expected to work as well as attend jury service. And just because work call it an early shift, it sounds like a night shift to me!