Exempt Employee on 5 weeks Jury Duty

Kymm

We have an exempt Sales employee (in AZ) who has been selected for an approximately 5 week jury session. Our policy states we will pay 10 days of jury duty, but being this person is Exempt, would we be required by law to pay them their full salary (as long as they worked, say an hour during that week)?

LivindonSouth

My understanding is that you have to allow them to serve but do not have to pay their salary except as provided in your jury duty policy statement.

ritamcguire

What if this employee stopped by work each day on the way to or from jury duty and worked perhaps an hour or so, would the company still be required to pay their exempt salary?

LivindonSouth

yes.



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allenb

Federal regs require an exempt employee who works any time during the week to get his salary. If he does not work at all for any week after your policy says you will pay, you do not have to pay.