Jury Duty

WVEMS encourages employees to fulfill their civic responsibilities by serving jury duty when required. Employees in an eligible classification may request paid jury duty leave for the duration of any jury service.

Jury duty pay will be calculated on the employee's base pay rate times the number of hours the employee would otherwise have worked on the day of absence. Employee classifications that qualify for paid jury duty leave are:

Regular full-time employees

Temporary employees

Contractual employees only if allowed by the employment contract

Employees must show the jury duty summons to their supervisor as soon as possible so that the supervisor may make arrangements to accommodate their absence. Of course, employees are expected to report for work whenever the court schedule permits.

Any compensation paid to the employee by the court or the jurisdiction in which the jury service is performed (other than parking reimbursement) must be paid to WVEMS.

Either WVEMS or the employee may request an excuse from jury duty if, in WVEMS's judgment, the employee's absence would create serious operational difficulties.

WVEMS will continue to provide health insurance benefits for the full term of the jury duty absence. Vacation, sick leave, and holiday benefits will continue to accrue during unpaid jury duty leave.

For Contractual and Temporary Employees: paid jury duty leave shall be in accordance with the employment agreement, or contract between the employee and WVEMS.

Policy No.  3.11  Issued  1/1/2019  Applicable  12/13/2018