Jury Duty/Court Appearance Leave Clause Samples
The Jury Duty/Court Appearance Leave clause provides employees with the right to take time off from work to fulfill legal obligations such as serving on a jury or appearing in court as a witness. Typically, this clause outlines the process for notifying the employer, the documentation required, and whether the leave is paid or unpaid. Its core function is to ensure employees are not penalized at work for participating in mandatory civic or legal duties, thereby supporting compliance with the law and protecting employees’ job security during such absences.
Jury Duty/Court Appearance Leave. Leave with pay shall be granted:
14.5.1. for jury duty or any summons related thereto;
14.5.2. to answer a subpoena or summons to attend any court proceedings as a witness in a cause other than the teacher’s own.
14.5.3. The teacher shall reimburse the School Division an amount equivalent to any witness or jury fee set by the court.
Jury Duty/Court Appearance Leave. A. A bargaining unit member who is summoned and reports for jury duty shall be paid by the District an amount equal to the difference between the amount of wages the bargaining unit member otherwise would have normally earned by working for the District on that day (based on the bargaining unit member's regularly scheduled hours) and the daily jury fee [or witness fee, if (B) below applies] paid by the Court (not including travel allowances or reimbursements of expense), for each day on which he/she reports for or performs jury duty and on which he/she otherwise would have been scheduled to work.
B. In order to receive payment, a bargaining unit member must give the District prior notice (when he/she receives the jury summons or subpoena) that he/she has been summoned for jury duty or subpoenaed as a witness, and must furnish satisfactory evidence that he/she reported for or performed such acts on the day(s) which he/she claims payment.
C. The bargaining unit member will report to work promptly upon being released from jury duty or from appearance as a witness due to a subpoena, if the release occurs during his/her regularly scheduled work hours. If the release occurs within ninety
Jury Duty/Court Appearance Leave. 14.7.1 When a teacher is required to serve on a jury or is subpoenaed to appear in the courts as a witness, the Board will continue to pay the teacher's full salary provided the full amount of the allowance(s) (excluding reimbursement for authorized expenses) received by the teacher from the courts is remitted to the Board.
Jury Duty/Court Appearance Leave. 14.6.1. Leave of absence without loss of salary shall be granted:
a) For jury duty or any summons related thereto;
b) To answer a subpoena or summons to attend as a witness in any proceeding authorized by law to compel the attendance of witnesses, provided that the teacher remits to the Employer any witness fee or jury stipend (excluding allowances and/or expenses) set forth by the court or other body, and further provided that the teacher is not charged with any offense.
Jury Duty/Court Appearance Leave. Teachers shall be granted leave of absence for jury duty or in order to appear in court, subject to the following conditions:
Jury Duty/Court Appearance Leave. Leave with pay shall be granted:
14.6.1 (a) for jury duty or any summons related thereto;
Jury Duty/Court Appearance Leave. 14.5.1. For jury duty or summons related thereto provided that the teacher remits to the School Division any jury stipend (excluding expenses) set by the Court.
14.5.2. To answer a subpoena or summons to attend as a witness in a criminal matter or as a result of the performance of their duties as a teacher. Leave shall be granted at full pay. The teacher shall remit to the School Division any witness fee paid by the Court to the teacher, exclusive of expenses.
Jury Duty/Court Appearance Leave. 14.2.4.1. For those days in which a teacher has been subpoenaed to appear in court to give professional, job related evidence. A copy of the subpoena shall be submitted with the month end report.
14.2.4.2. To attend to a directive to serve as a juror in any court operated by either the Province of Alberta or the
Jury Duty/Court Appearance Leave. When any Professional or Temporary Professional Employee cannot secure excuse from jury duty and must serve in such a capacity or is required to appear in court in a matter related to their employment with the AIU, the Employee will not suffer any loss in pay or earned Personal days. Where the Employee or Association is the adverse party of the Employer in the litigation giving rise to said court appearance, the Association President may authorize the Employee to use Association leave during the court appearance in accordance with and subject to the limitations of Article XI, Section 17 – Association Leave.
Jury Duty/Court Appearance Leave. 9.4.1 Days of absence under jury duty shall be fully paid days and shall not be deducted from sick leave accumulation.
9.4.2 Absence for jury duty is permissible. After absence for such duty, either reporting or serving, employee shall return payment received for such services to the Board Treasurer’s office and at the next regular pay period receive full payment of his/her regular salary from the Board for the day or days of excused absence for this purpose.
9.4.3 In all cases where professional staff members are subpoenaed or summoned to appear for Grand Jury hearings or to appear in any court in cases in which they are not parties, they shall be paid the difference between their witness fee and the normal salary for the period of absence.
9.4.4 The Superintendent or his/her designated representative may authorize absences for other justifiable emergency reasons. The reason for such request will be stated in writing.