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Jury duty.

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steven100
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Jury duty.

Post by steven100 »

I’d like to know if Royal Mail employees are still exempt from attending jury service.
Or had this stopped now.
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aiden01
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Re: Jury duty.

Post by aiden01 »

steven100 wrote: ↑
13 Dec 2022, 21:55
 I’d like to know if Royal Mail employees are still exempt from attending jury service.
Or had this stopped now.
Where they ever exempt.
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groundhog_day
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Re: Jury duty.

Post by groundhog_day »

steven100 wrote: ↑
13 Dec 2022, 21:55
 I’d like to know if Royal Mail employees are still exempt from attending jury service.
Or had this stopped now.
I was not aware Royal Mail staff were ever exempt? I did Jury Service a couple of years ago when I was at RM and I know of others who have.
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rambo1
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Re: Jury duty.

Post by rambo1 »

Didn't think anyone was exempt?
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clashcityrocker
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Re: Jury duty.

Post by clashcityrocker »

I think 25 years ago Christmas pressure exempted you.
Your manager could send a letter explaining that you could not be released from your role during that period.
The societies of consumption and squandering of material resources are incompatible with the idea of economic growth and a clean planet.
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rambo1
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Re: Jury duty.

Post by rambo1 »

clashcityrocker wrote: ↑
14 Dec 2022, 07:51
 I think 25 years ago Christmas pressure exempted you.
Your manager could send a letter explaining that you could not be released from your role during that period.
How times change. We must have been considered as important back then.
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BenacreNick
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Re: Jury duty.

Post by BenacreNick »

No exemption and be careful of your wages during this time.

Jury service is less money - so when you claim your allowances, its not as much as you would have been paid at RM.

RM then claw their money back and you could be left with a shortfall.
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scotboyblue
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Re: Jury duty.

Post by scotboyblue »

I was on Jury couple of weeks back, and didn't have to claim anything. Bosses put it through as jury service and was paid.
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RobertT
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Re: Jury duty.

Post by RobertT »

It is possible to defer jury service, or be excused from it altogether but only in exceptional circumstances:

https://www.gov.uk/jury-service/delayin ... ry-service
Links to all RM pension related websites are here
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BenacreNick
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Re: Jury duty.

Post by BenacreNick »

Thanks Scotboyblue, I was going back probably 4 years when I did jury service.

A nice guy from wages at Sheffield explained everything to me at that time, but maybe they have since changed the payment system for the better.
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steven100
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Re: Jury duty.

Post by steven100 »

Thank for the replies. I’m thinking now it was just a covid thing.
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qwerty2
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Re: Jury duty.

Post by qwerty2 »

steven100 wrote: ↑
14 Dec 2022, 17:45
 Thank for the replies. I’m thinking now it was just a covid thing.
I did jury service during Covid just had to stay in the house till they phoned me to go in
Never phoned me - got a week off and paid for as well :thumbup
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