This letter may be used to request that an employee be excused from serving on a jury or to defer jury service based on an undue hardship or extreme inconvenience to the employer's business operations.
Washington employers that offer paid time off and seek to expand permissible reasons for taking leave under those policies to include care for certain family members, in compliance with Washington's Family Care Act, should consider including this model policy statement for their handbook.
Nevada employers seeking to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of leave for service as a juror or witness and to demonstrate their compliance with Nevada's jury duty leave and witness duty laws should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
As mandated by the City of Tacoma, employers with at least one employee working in Tacoma must post the Tacoma, Washington Paid Sick Leave Notice Poster.