jury service

[liamdion]

hi, i have been called up to do jury service from the 15/12/2014 for ten days. as xmas day is on a Thursday and boxing day is on friday i would'ent imagine that the courts would be open on these days which then takes me into Saturday again dont think i will be called to do jury service on this day. as my day of for christmas week is the tuesday 23/12/2014 will i be expected to work Saturday 27/12/2014. and how or what wages do i claim. any help appreciated thanks.

[pod25]

Any days the courts do not need you and so long as you knew the day before, you will be expected to attend work as normal, assuming it is not your scheduled day off.
As for pay, don't worry about that, you will be paid your normal weekly rate as normal.
And if you do normally work a Saturday and its not your day off, you will be expected to attend work.

[interesting]

So say you are used on jury service mon - fri
Are you not due a rest day that week

[TrueBlueTerrier]

• Can my employee continue to work night shifts or weekends?
It is important that jurors are sufficiently fit and alert in order to carry out their important
public duty. Therefore we would recommend that they should not be made to work night
shifts before they are due in Court, or work weekends if this means that they do not have a
break from either jury service or their job for seven days.

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[liamdion]

hi, thanks for the reply's, speaking to some one at my d.o. i was told that i would have to claim back my wages for the 10 days. as for my day off it would be Tuesday 23/12/14 so say i am in court that day (the Tuesday) would that then mean come the Saturday 27/12/14 should i have that day as my rest day thanks.

[T2K_prisoner]

I was called up for jury service last May and was basically told not to attend work unless I was discharged so you must assume you'll be away for two weeks. You might get a longer trial.

After the first week I was discharged. When I rang my office to tell them I was coming back they insisted I attended 08.12-16.00 Mon-Fri. I work nights so it was awkward but was told that was how it worked. You shouldn't have to work the Saturday after Boxing Day.

As for your pay, you'll carry on being paid by Royal Mail as normal while away and you'll be given paperwork by the courts to fill in and return to HR in Sheffield when discharged. You'll get a sum of money off the courts for the days they have you and then RM will adjust your wages against what the courts have paid you.

It'll take a few weeks for the money to be sorted out but you won't lose out financially. Just make sure you have all the right paperwork from Royal Mail before you get to court.

[liamdion]

thanks for your reply just hope because christmas day and boxing day fall on the thursday/friday i dont have to go into work on the saturday thanks.