This guide provides an overview of Texas law regarding jury duty leave for employees. It covers employer obligations to provide leave, employee eligibility for leave, compensation during leave, prohibited actions against employees who perform jury service, and employee remedies for employer discrimination or retaliation with respect to jury service.
Texas employers seeking to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of jury duty leave and to demonstrate compliance with Texas' jury duty leave law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.