Jury Duty - Certificate of Attendance

kitten_k

I am doing jury duty next week. My job requires a certificate of attendance to show the hours I was there. I know there is a certificate of attendance provided on request but does this show the hours? (Think they want to make sure I go back to work if not called)

Also is this given at the end of duty before you leave or later in the post?

maccydoodies

Mine was given at the end of my service. Was never selected but was called numerous times. It didn't say the hours of attendance though. Are work being real pedantic about it?

kitten_k

They will just have to accept what the courts give I suppose.

kennM

kitten_k wrote: »

They will just have to accept what the courts give I suppose.

That's exactly it. They don't confirm hours. From the perspective of jury duty they will confirm the dates of attendance. For me I was on a jury duty for circa 2.5/3 weeks and the attendance cert came out the following week.

Jurors are protected by the jurys act and employers just gotta suck it up.

Greenmachine

I was called before to go on the jury panel. Had to go 3 day. two on my own time and one I was scheduled to work. I was employed by an agency and drove straight back to work, clocked in and grabbed a coffee before going to work. They were immediately ringing the work floor to demand to know where I was. Naas courthouse were able to provide, the times.

Losty Dublin

kitten_k wrote: »

They will just have to accept what the courts give I suppose.

Take a selfie of you and the judge or the accused each day :pac:

kitten_k

Losty Dublin wrote: »

Take a selfie of you and the judge or the accused each day :pac:

Great idea!

Got an email from them on Friday looking for the very! Only started jury duty yesterday! Luckily haven't been called.

Pippi Longstocking

I've just been selected for jury duty and the case should be ongoing for a couple of weeks. I'm wondering if anyone knows what exactly is on the certificate of attendance? Do they put the times of attendance, just the dates or just a start and end date of the trail? I work over an hour and a half away from my job but I know that they'll expect me to come in even if it means I'll only get 30 minutes work done!

kennM

Pippi Longstocking wrote: »

I've just been selected for jury duty and the case should be ongoing for a couple of weeks. I'm wondering if anyone knows what exactly is on the certificate of attendance? Do they put the times of attendance, just the dates or just a start and end date of the trail? I work over an hour and a half away from my job but I know that they'll expect me to come in even if it means I'll only get 30 minutes work done!

You receive your certificate of attendance after the trial is finished... it just lists the dates, not the times. You are not expected to attend work during the trial and you are protected under the juries act.

Hope it helps

Pippi Longstocking

Thanks kennM, it's a relief to know that