jury duty pay

• Bill Would Increase Pay for Jury Duty ; State House: Jurors Would Be Paid $50 a Day Under the Measure, but $1.3 Million Must Be Found to Fund It.

William Luce knew he wouldn't be able to pay his bills if he served on a jury, so he fought hard to be excused. But he knows others aren't so lucky.

• Portland Press Herald
• January 31, 2007

• It's Nice Work If You Can Get It

I DON'T know why so many people complain about jury duty. Except for the pay, it seems like the perfect part-time job - so far, at least.

• Sunday Gazette-Mail
• June 16, 2005

• Ferguson Challenges Jury's Selection ; Lincoln County Process Questioned.

An attorney for convicted murderer Ryan Ferguson has filed another motion seeking to overturn his conviction in the 2001 slaying of Tribune Sports Editor Kent Heitholt, alleging that potential jurors from Lincoln County were improperly allowed to pay a fee to excuse them from jury duty. The motion filed by public defender Valerie Leftwich says 12 people from the jury pool for Ferguson's 2005 trial were allowed to pay $50 and perform six hours of community service instead of serving jury duty. The presiding judge in Lincoln County, Dan Dildine, had been following the policy for several years, according to the motion.

• Columbia Daily Tribune
• September 03, 2008

• Justice: ; in Tough Economy, Seating a Jury Can Be a Trial

LOS ANGELES - Spurned in his effort to get out of jury duty, salesman Tony Prados turned his attention to the case that could cost him three weeks' pay: A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy was suing his former sergeant, alleging severe emotional distress inflicted by lewd and false innuendo that he was gay. Prados, an ex-Marine, leaned forward in the jury box and asked in a let-me-get-this-straight tone of voice: "He's brave enough to go out and get shot at by anyone but he couldn't handle this?" he said of the locker-room taunting.

• Sunday Gazette-Mail
• February 22, 2010

• 5 CFR 831.1209 - Termination of disability annuity because of restoration to earning capacity.

...(10) Pay for jury duty; and. (11) Entitlement payments from other Fe...

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 5: Administrative Personnel

• Your Day It's a Duty, Not a Job, and Changes Would Cost Taxpayers

JURY DUTY I read with interest Michael Horne's Jan. 22 letter "Try making jury duty less of a hardship." I appreciate Mr. Horne's interest in jury pay and generally agree that we probably could attract more jurors with the carrot rather than the stick. I'd like to address some of his points to give a more complete and accurate picture of juror pay and juror penalties.

• The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• January 26, 2009

• Court Officials Support Romero's Bill

Court officials are supporting a bill pending in the state Legislature that would force larger companies that do business with the state to pay employees' salaries while they serve jury duty. The bill, SB 874 by state Sen. Gloria Romero, D-Los Angeles, would apply to state-contracted companies with more than 50 employees. Those firms would have to pay the salaries of full- time employees called for jury duty for up to five days.

• Whittier Daily News
• February 24, 2006

• Jury Trials: The Cost of Doing Business in Missouri

Jury trials can be expensive -- and not just for the parties. Local governments are responsible for certain juror expenses, and those expenses can add up in lengthy trials, such as the three- month tobacco trial that wrapped up in April in the St. Louis Circuit Court.

... to its residents who come in for jury duty, but it does pay for parking at a nearby garage an...

• Missouri Lawyers Media
• May 15, 2011

• Fair Labor Standards Act: 1996 salary basis test update.

Includes related article on the Government Finance Officers Assn.'s activities related to the act State and local governments should be familiar with current salary basis test requirements and pending litigation to avoid lawsuits stemming from violations of overtime pay requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act. One of the act's key provisions is that employers must pay overtime compensation to employees working over a specified number of hours per workweek, excluding exemptions. Among current requirements of the basis salary test are a weekly predetermined pay, exceptions to weekly pay requirements and other issues such as additional compensation, jury duty, witness time and military leave, window of corrections and improper deductions.

• Government Finance Review
• Vol. 13 Nbr. 1, February 1997

• Even Rich Have to Do Jury Duty ; Money No Reason to Avoid Serving.

When I asked to be excused from jury duty, the judge berated me for leaving my civic duty to the "poor." I did not oppose her diatribe, but I make good money and feel it's more efficient for society if I work, pay taxes, support charities and leave jury duty to others. Isn't this like leaving other essential functions - trash pickup, policing, dentistry - to others? Alternatively, couldn't I defer service to a less onerous period, such as retirement? - Anonymous, San Francisco

• Columbia Daily Tribune
• May 23, 2006