New Job

I will be starting a new job shortly, really looking forward to it and I cant believe what happened. The day I start I have been called for two weeks Jury Service. Absolute nightmare.

Rose,

If you are/will be a "key employee", a letter from your prospective employer should have a good chance of putting the jury day off. I was called, but was in the final stages of negotiating a contract, where a successful result would have meant something between 80 and a 100 jobs being created. A strong letter produced a postponement. We got the contract, 120 additional jobs, and 15 years later, have not been asked again.

Wouldn't mind a quick murrrrder, though.

"He's from Norwich, your Honour."

Guilty! :twisted:

Good luck with the new job Rose.

Jury service - oh dear, very very tedious. As Wickers says, get a well written key employee letter from your new employer. It's worth a shot, two weeks of jury service will bore you to tears.

Do you get paid for jury duty?

Rose,
A friend of mine has recently done jury service and found it very interesting. I suppose it depends what sort of case you get.

Ally

Pablo Escobar wrote:Do you get paid for jury duty?

No you dont, you can claim expenses and a lunch and loss of earnings up to £60 per day, big deal. But my employers will pay my wages and any money apart from luch and travel expenses I get they will deduct off me the following month.
I have the chance to defer the date with a good reason, but am only allowed one deferral and must attend some when in the year.
I have decided to defer I have valid reason, new job, key worker in the flu pandemic and although I am starting a new job the third week I will be on holiday in Kefalonia. It you get on a case that goes on longer than a fortnight you have to stay and I am not losing my holiday.
A work colleague was called last year and she had to attend the court every day for a fortnight but could not be on the jury as most of the cases were for people we know as LOCALS or our Customers.

RoseR wrote:

Pablo Escobar wrote:Do you get paid for jury duty?

No you dont, you can claim expenses and a lunch and loss of earnings up to £60 per day, big deal. But my employers will pay my wages and any money apart from luch and travel expenses I get they will deduct off me the following month.
I have the chance to defer the date with a good reason, but am only allowed one deferral and must attend some when in the year.
I have decided to defer I have valid reason, new job, key worker in the flu pandemic and although I am starting a new job the third week I will be on holiday in Kefalonia. It you get on a case that goes on longer than a fortnight you have to stay and I am not losing my holiday.
A work colleague was called last year and she had to attend the court every day for a fortnight but could not be on the jury as most of the cases were for people we know as LOCALS or our Customers.

Good on ya Rose

Dave Mac wrote:

Wouldn't mind a quick murrrrder, though.

"He's from Norwich, your Honour."

Guilty! :twisted:

Looks like Mac is gunning for you now, Wickers :shock: