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Currently we have a Jury Duty policy that entitles the emps paid time off, not using their personal time off. I now have an emp that was subponaed to witness duty by the Superior Court. Should this be
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Witness Duty - paid or unpaid?

posted at 7/6/2011 8:04 AM EDT
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Currently we have a Jury Duty policy that entitles the emps paid time off, not using their personal time off. I now have an emp that was subponaed to witness duty by the Superior Court. Should this be counted just like jury duty and the emp would get paid?
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Witness Duty - paid or unpaid?

posted at 7/6/2011 8:10 AM EDT
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While you may not be required to pay for this time off I would certainly pay them the same as jury duty since they have no choice but to go to court.
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Witness Duty - paid or unpaid?

posted at 7/7/2011 10:18 AM EDT
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I am not sure what witness duty is. Were they called to testify as a witness? If so, was it through any actions of theirs? I was a witness in a robbery trial and was called to potentially testify twice. Luckily once it was postponed and the second time they plea bargained. In a case like that, I would still pay wages.

However if they were called to due to something under their control (i.e. say not paying back child support etc), I would require they use personal time or PTO.

While I do wish our company could pay for time off for jury duty, in most cases we do not.
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Witness Duty - paid or unpaid?

posted at 7/8/2011 11:58 AM EDT
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Some states do require payment for jury duty up to a certain limit. Might be a good idea to check your state laws for anything similar including pay for subpoenaed court duties
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