§ 82-516. Jury duty

(a) Serving on a jury is a civic duty and as such is fully recognized and supported by the county. Therefore, leave time for jury duty will be granted in reasonable amounts as approved time off with pay (coded as jury duty in the time and attendance system). When employees are summoned for jury duty, the following guidelines shall apply:

(1) The employee shall immediately notify the supervisor and provide a copy of the jury summons notice.

(2) If selected to serve on the jury, the employee shall verbally notify the supervisor.

(3) The employee shall report for jury duty each day as instructed by the court.

(4) At the completion of the process, the employee will provide the supervisor with documentation from jury services that he/she participated/served in the jury process.

(b) If the employee is released from jury service during normal working hours, the employee should either report to work immediately or contact his/her supervisor for further instructions. When requesting an employee to return to work, the supervisor should consider the number of work hours remaining in the day and the amount of travel time required. Failure to return to work or to contact the supervisor may result in the employee being required to utilize accrued leave time and disciplinary action, up to and including termination.

(Ord. No. 2011-1463, 8-30-2011)