Jury Duty

New and Updated

• Date:

  April 28, 2021

  Type:

  Benchmarking and Surveys

  Paid Leave 2021: HR & Compliance Center Survey Report

  In this survey report, Brightmine explores paid leave policies, including the prevalence of traditional, paid time off (PTO), and unlimited leave plans, as well as the amount of leave offered per year of service, leave carryover, leave donation, leave payouts, and more.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Jury Duty: Texas

  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.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Jury Duty Leave Handbook Statement: Texas

  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.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Texas Expands Jury Service Protections

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Jury Duty: Nevada

  This guide provides an overview of Nevada law regarding jury duty leave for employees. It covers employer obligations to provide leave, employee eligibility for leave, compensation during leave, and prohibited actions against employees who perform jury service.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Jury and Witness Duty Leave Handbook Statement: Rhode Island

  Rhode Island employers seeking to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of leave for jury and witness duty and to demonstrate their compliance with Rhode Island's jury and witness duty leave laws should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Jury Duty: Rhode Island

  This guide provides an overview of Rhode Island law regarding jury duty leave for employees. It covers employer obligations to provide leave, employee eligibility for leave, compensation during leave, and prohibited actions against employees who perform jury service.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Jury Duty: Federal

  Enhanced to improve the comprehensiveness, organization and scope of coverage.

• Type:

  Letters and Forms

  Jury Duty Postponement Request Letter

  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.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Jury and Witness Duty Leave Handbook Statement: Nevada

  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.