Jury Duty

Zingara

I have been called for jury duty down the country where I am originally from. I would love to go. However, the company I work for is very stretched at the moment with maternity leave, holiday leave and sabbatical. Is there any way the company can prevent me from doing it? (they wrote a letter for another girl a couple of weeks ago to excuse her - she didn't want to do it).

Thanks

starchild27

No. They cant force you not to attend jury duty as its your legal obligation to attend unless you really are unable to go for some legit reason like illness. And you have to be paid by your employer too

NaBadbh

I work for a small business that only has four employees.
When I was called for Jury Duty the business had to hire someone else in to cover my duties because the courts would not excuse me from service.

amen

And you have to be paid by your employer too

no you don't
no obligation on your employeer to pay you

Sleipnir

amen wrote: »

no obligation on your employeer to pay you

Yes there is

If you are in employment, the Juries Act 1976 (Section 29) places a duty on your employer to allow you attend for jury service. It is further specified in the law that time spent on jury service is to be treated as if the employee were actually employed. In other words, if you are in employment and are attending for jury service, you are entitled to be paid while you are away from work.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/justice/Courtroom/jury_service

penexpers

amen wrote: »

no you don't
no obligation on your employeer to pay you

If you are in employment, the Juries Act 1976 (Section 29) places a duty on your employer to allow you attend for jury service. It is further specified in the law that time spent on jury service is to be treated as if the employee were actually employed. In other words, if you are in employment and are attending for jury service, you are entitled to be paid while you are away from work. Anyone with a contract of employment (i.e., temporary workers, contract workers, etc.) is entitled to be paid by their employer while they are on jury service. There should also be no loss of any other employment rights while you serve on a jury. The Jury office will provide a certificate of attendance on request.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/justice/Courtroom/jury_service

seamus

amen wrote: »

no you don't
no obligation on your employeer to pay you

Your employer is infact required to pay you for all normal working hours which you miss due to jury duty.

OP, you can contact the county registrar, who can dismiss you from jury duty if you can show good reason to do so. I've heard of people getting off in the past because they had a large/important project in work or otherwise some work duty which 100% required their prescence.

petes

I was called for jury duty twice and both times I got a letter from work and the excused me.

leeroybrown

You can get excused via a letter from your employer but it's entirely at the discretion of the County Registrar.