Curse this sense of civil responsibility!

[gridlore]

I'm on jury duty this week, which means checking the website each night to see if I've drawn the short straw. I'm one of those sad people who actually accepts that jury duty is part of being a citizen, and doesn't automatically try to get out of it.

Doesn't mean I have to like the idea of giving up time at work for the princely sum of $15/day.

(WinAmp wins again.)

Comments

[stone-princess.livejournal.com]

I got $60 for two days of service up here. I was shocked!!

Jury duty isn't just something to accept, it's a privilege (even if I complain mightly about it)!!

However,

[capplor.livejournal.com]

It isn't dishonest or being a bad citizen if you just let the judge know that you need your wages, and would take a financial beating to actually serve.

Re: However,

[thingunderthest.livejournal.com]

Oooh, $15 dollars, It was $10 up here last time I did it.

Re: However,

[kat-box.livejournal.com]

Not in Canada. If you are, for example, self-employed or otherwise have a GOOD reason for not being available you can get out of it. But beware those who don't show up 'cuz they'll send the sheriffs out after you! :D

I've actually been called for jury duty twice and both times I got pay from the gov't AND from work. Here you can't be docked pay for it, they HAVE to give you the day off with pay. At least that's how it *used* to be the last time I was called.

[pbrim.livejournal.com]

I think it's $6 here. I know that when I was last called up, the juror pay didn't cover parking in the garage jurors were required to park in. Fortunately, my company pays regular wages for juror duty.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

It was $15 in SF the last time, so I'm just assuming it will be something similar.

Hopefully, PODS covers jury time. We're a pretty cool company, so I have to believe there is some sort of compensation.

[mdlbear]

Check in advance; some courts require a copy of a written policy. (Ricoh, for example, used to just pay without setting an explicit limit; the new employee handbook sets the limit at two weeks, which gets you off the hook for the high-profile horrors but still lets you serve on most reasonable cases.

[blackfyr.livejournal.com]

I have now been rejected by two jury selection processes. Of course both were for criminal trials involving roberies, and judges and lawyers tend to be wary of people who freely admit to both having been victims of robberies and disliking criminal acts involving weapons.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

I was amazed that I was seated on that jury a couple of years ago hearing a liability cvase involving a woman with cancer, after admitting that I was a survivor.

[nilita.livejournal.com]

Ironically I just read that Michael Jackson was chosen for jury duty in his constituency. He had to decline because he is currently living in Bahrain.

[rboleyn.livejournal.com]

Weeks after the fact, but I just can't resist:

Now I know why you guys (Americans) complain so loud about the poor compensation for jury service. When I served here (NZ) a couple of months back, we got paid NZ$31 per half-day, plus 'reasonable' travel expenses, and a half-day meant any morning you were asked to show, even if you just sat round for half and hour and then got to go home because you weren't drawn.

Now $62 a day is crappy pay, but it's a lot better $15-20 a day.