Jury Duty leave in state of Georgia

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Do you have to pay a non-exempt employee jury duty pay in the state of Georgia? How about an exempt employee in Georgia?

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Georgia does not require private employers to pay employees for time away from work for jury duty or court appearance.  Some courts pay jurors a small fee, and the employer may offset any amounts received by an employee for a particular week against the salary due for that particular week.

Although state law does not require employers to pay employees for absences caused by jury duty or court appearances, salaried administrative, professional, and executive personnel who are absent for less than 1 week for jury duty or a court appearance should be paid for their time in order to preserve their exemption from federal overtime laws and regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). However, the FLSA does not require an employer to pay an exempt employee who performs no work in 1 or more workweeks.