Common use of Jury Duty and Other Court Attendance Clause in Contracts

Jury Duty and Other Court Attendance. (a) An employee summoned for jury duty or to serve as a witness (not as a plaintiff or defendant) in a court case which necessitates absence from assigned COMPANY duty within the employee’s SCHEDULED WEEKLY TOUR shall be granted pay for such absence. Such an employee shall report for regularly assigned COMPANY duty while excused from such attendance in court unless it is impossible or unreasonable to do so. (b) 7-DAY COVERAGE EMPLOYEES summoned to jury duty for periods exceeding one (1) week in length may request and be granted an available Vacation or Excused Work Day, or an excused, non-paid day off from scheduled work for each additional consecutive week of jury duty served. (c) EMPLOYEE on NIGHT TOUR SCHEDULES may be rescheduled to a DAY TOUR during the period of such jury or witness duty, or may at the employee’s discretion, opt to take the workday preceding or workday following court attendance.