COURT SUMMONS a. When an employee is to be absent due to a court summons, subpoena or as a witness, a copy of the summons, subpoena, or letter requesting the employee’s presence as a witness must be submitted to their immediate supervisor. This requirement should be completed in time for the immediate supervisor to obtain a suitable substitute if applicable.
b. Salary Conditions
COURT SUMMONS. An employee called for jury duty or subpoenaed as a witness in a matter related to his/her employment with the district will be entitled to leave of absence with pay, providing the employee submits any daily compensation, excluding mileage reimbursement, that they have received from the court to the school district.
COURT SUMMONS. A Unit I member may be absent without loss of salary or when subpoenaed to appear in a state or federal court, or at a proceeding of the State Board of Education, provided the subpoena or summons is not issued (1) in connection with an offense for which the member is found guilty or granted probation before judgment; if the employee is found guilty of an offense and the finding of guilt is reversed on appeal, the salary will be restored, or (2) in connection with a non-work related civil case in which the member is a moving party in the action.
COURT SUMMONS. If any employee is required to serve on a jury, she/he shall be granted leave and paid the difference between her/his pay for such jury service and the money she/he would have earned under this agreement. The employee shall reimburse the District the per diem amount received by the court or the District, whichever amount is smaller. Such payment during leave shall not extend beyond a twenty (20) day period. If the employee is temporarily excused from jury service for a period of one (1) full day or more, she/he shall report for employment during such periods. In the event an employee is called by the employer to testify in any proceeding, she/he shall be granted leave with pay.
COURT SUMMONS. A Unit II employee may be absent without loss of salary and benefits when subpoenaed to appear in a state or federal court, provided the subpoena or summons is not issued (1) in connection with an offense for which the employee is found guilty or (2) in connection with a civil case in which the employee is a party to the action except a case in which the employee was performing his/her assigned duties as an employee of the school system.
COURT SUMMONS. Employees summoned into court to testify as a result of performance of their duties while engaged for work by KCEMS1 will be authorized paid leave for the time spent in court. The employee must notify the Chief of Operations as soon as the employee receives the summons. If the employee is scheduled to work the day of the summons, the employee will be allowed to leave for the court time and will return to work the rest of their shift. Coverage will be found by the district.
COURT SUMMONS. Leave will be granted in order to meet the requirements of a court summons as a witness when the teacher is not a litigant. Such absence will not be deducted from accumulated disability.
COURT SUMMONS. IF a teacher is called under subpoena to testify in any proceedings before a court of law or Michigan State Tenure Commission, affecting the District, they shall be granted up to three (3) days leave with pay annually less any amounts received as witness fee. A copy of the subpoena shall be provided to the District in advance of the absence. Upon completion of their testimony, the teacher will report for duty.
COURT SUMMONS. 1. An employee may be absent without loss of salary for a job related summons or for a court summons to appear on a grand jury or petit jury.
2. A classified employee may be absent without loss of salary when the employee is summoned to appear as a witness for the benefit of another party, or when the employee appears in a civil proceeding or in a criminal case in his/her own defense and the verdict is not guilty.
3. The employee may use annual leave, personal leave or leave without pay for civil legal actions of a private nature initiated by the employee.
4. Court summons related to traffic citations, custody, divorce proceedings are of personal nature. The employee will use personal or annual leave for these proceedings.
COURT SUMMONS. Every employee is entitled to their salary, less jury duty pay, notwithstanding their absence from duty as a witness in any court or jury duty to which they have been summoned in any proceedings to which they are not a party or one of the persons charged.
