Board:   [DoveNet] Debate
Subject: Re: Jury Duty
From:    Boraxman
Date:    Wed Oct 21, 2026 09:07

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 Bo> I did Jury Duty last year.  In Australia, your employer still has to
 Bo> pay you for those days you are serving.

 Bo> Is that the case in the US, or does it vary state to state, or what?

 DW> It wildly varies.  The only big rule is that your employer must let you
 DW> serve on the jury (i.e. he can't fire you over that).

 DW> But I've heard conflicting information about pay.  I've been salary for
 DW> so long that I don't pay attention to the the hourly rules.

 DW> One rule that I heard for hourlys was that the employer still had to
 DW> pay you, but subtracted the amount you got for Jury Duty.
 DW> Another rule that I heard was that the employer didn't pay you for your
 DW> time at Jury Duty.

 DW> I think it's more up to the business.  There are rules around treating
 DW> salary employees like hourly that most companies don't want to deal
 DW> with - so they just pay the normal salary.
 DW> If you were a burger flipper at McDonalds, they probably aren't going
 DW> to pay you for hours that you aren't flipping burgers.

I don't see how flipping burgers is different to any other job.

I'm a salaried employer white collar professional.

Every hour I'm not at work, is one hour of work that doesn't get done.  Its no
different to flipping burgers in that sense.

The difference would be whether your contract is full time or casual. I presume
a lot of McDonalds employees are casual?

In Australia, McDonalds employees may be part time, casual or full time.


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