Do employers have to pay when an employee is summoned to jury service?
While employers face sanctions if they do not allow employees to report for jury service, they are not necessarily required to pay them for it. Note that if an employer voluntarily pays employees, it may affect what the court pays the juror. This is the case in Florida. See Juror Pay. Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New York, and Tennessee require employers to pay employees while the employees report for jury service, at least to some extent. For a state-by-state list of employer obligations, see Table 40, “Trial Juries: Exemptions, Excusals and Fees” in Rottman et al., State Court Organization, 2004.
