Court Summons and Jury Duty. (1) A teacher may be absent, without loss of salary, in response to a legal summons provided that he/she is summonsed as a witness or, if charged, he/she is found not guilty.
(2) In cases where the teacher initiates a court proceeding, the deduction shall be per diem the annual salary for each day's absence.
(3) Any witness fees received for court appearance will be deducted from the teacher's salary.
Court Summons and Jury Duty. 8.5.1 The District may grant leave of absence to unit members to appear as a witness in court other than as a litigant.
8.5.2 The District shall grant five (5) days leave of absence to unit members who have been requested to serve on Jury Duty.
8.5.3 The unit member will receive from the District the difference between his/her daily rate of pay and the amount received on a daily basis for jury or witness fees.
8.5.4 A unit member who has told the court of the jury duty limitation in Section 8.5.2 of the Agreement and has still been ordered by the court to fulfill their jury service, may write a letter to the District asking that the required days of jury duty service beyond the five (5) days to be paid at their current rate of pay. Such a request shall not be unreasonably denied. A denial of such request may be appealed through the Grievance Article of the Agreement (Article 7).
8.5.5 If a unit member requests the jury duty service be postponed until an off track period, the long term substitute pay, will be paid up to ten (10) days of jury duty service.
Court Summons and Jury Duty a. Any employee called for jury duty shall notify his/her supervisor of his/her plan for such services as early as possible, and shall receive full pay and fringe benefits in addition to remuneration for jury duty. The employee may be required to submit a certificate of attendance.
b. An employee may be absent, without loss of salary, in response to a legal summons provided that he/she is summonsed as a witness or, if charged, he/she is found not guilty.
c. In cases where the employee initiates a court proceeding, the deduction shall be per diem the
d. Any witness fees received for court appearance will be deducted from the employee’s salary.
