Jury Duty

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You could write down and notarize a document informing here that you (as a single-employee employer) are unable to pay her during her jury service and give it to her to take to jury duty wo that she can demonstrate that she will be missing pay. It might be enough to get her out of it or at least get her assigned to a short trial.

That's a fantastic idea!

Personally, I make sure jury duty is covered in my contract, but I want to cover as many possible issues as I can.

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That didn't work for me

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. My state does not require that household employers pay for jury duty. I also would not force her to use her vacation pay if she didn't want to. She would have a job to return to whether jury duty lasted a few days or three months. My DH just had major surgery and we have many medical bills. We cannot afford to cover temp help and pay her her normal salary on top of that. I am asking other parent bosses what they have done in the past that they think is fair, not trying to mistreat my employee.

So her choice is do her civic duty but lose pay for week or more? You are a real peach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. My state does not require that household employers pay for jury duty. I also would not force her to use her vacation pay if she didn't want to. She would have a job to return to whether jury duty lasted a few days or three months. My DH just had major surgery and we have many medical bills. We cannot afford to cover temp help and pay her her normal salary on top of that. I am asking other parent bosses what they have done in the past that they think is fair, not trying to mistreat my employee.

So her choice is do her civic duty but lose pay for week or more? You are a real peach.

You are a real troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. My state does not require that household employers pay for jury duty. I also would not force her to use her vacation pay if she didn't want to. She would have a job to return to whether jury duty lasted a few days or three months. My DH just had major surgery and we have many medical bills. We cannot afford to cover temp help and pay her her normal salary on top of that. I am asking other parent bosses what they have done in the past that they think is fair, not trying to mistreat my employee.

So her choice is do her civic duty but lose pay for week or more? You are a real peach.

You are a real troll.

No. I am a real,person who also treats everyone in my employ as I wish to be treated. If I am paid by my employer o
If I have jury duty them I would never expect a domestic employee to go without being paid for performing their civic duty.

Most, if not 99%, of you cannot afford a nanny if you cannot afford to,continue to pay while when is on jury duty. Put your kids in day care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. My state does not require that household employers pay for jury duty. I also would not force her to use her vacation pay if she didn't want to. She would have a job to return to whether jury duty lasted a few days or three months. My DH just had major surgery and we have many medical bills. We cannot afford to cover temp help and pay her her normal salary on top of that. I am asking other parent bosses what they have done in the past that they think is fair, not trying to mistreat my employee.

Are you able to switch to daycare? If your work schedule fits within daycare hours, if day care will save you money, and if you can start daycare within the minimum notice time you are obligated to give your Nanny that her job is ending, then you need to let your Nanny go, write her an am amazing reference, and switch to daycare.

Why? Because you can't afford a nanny if you have huge medical bills and the notion of paying your Nanny her wages when she is involuntarily absent for jury duty.

If you have no access to daycare, or if you have so many kids day care would cost more than a nanny, you need to talk with your nanny. Explain that due to medical bills you would not be able to pay her for more than X days of jury duty. Ask her to decide whether she is willing to gamble on not being chosen for duty, knowing that she would go without pay if she does end up on a jury, or if she would prefer to begin looking for a new position that would start a few weeks after jury dug starts.

You would need to agree to keep her on until jury duty potentially starts, and she would need to agree to stay until then. You would need to promise to pay some severance. Then both of you would begin to look for new possible situations, and part company the week jury duty starts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Then nanny shouldn't sit for jury duty.

Jury duty is a civic obligation, not something you can choose not to do.

You can get out of it easily. If you don't have a job that will allow you to go to jury duty then you can't go. Not everyone is entitled to everything.

In my state you have to prove that you are the one person available to care for a child to get out of jury duty because of a childcare job OR parenthood. And if you get paid to provide care the assumption is that the person paying you can cover for you.

Financial hardship applies to virtually anyone and is rarely an accepted excuse.

[Anonymous]

Parents, I've been a nanny for 15 years and I would never prioritize jury duty over your family and you should allow your nannies too either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. My state does not require that household employers pay for jury duty. I also would not force her to use her vacation pay if she didn't want to. She would have a job to return to whether jury duty lasted a few days or three months. My DH just had major surgery and we have many medical bills. We cannot afford to cover temp help and pay her her normal salary on top of that. I am asking other parent bosses what they have done in the past that they think is fair, not trying to mistreat my employee.

So her choice is do her civic duty but lose pay for week or more? You are a real peach.

You are a real troll.

No. I am a real,person who also treats everyone in my employ as I wish to be treated. If I am paid by my employer o
If I have jury duty them I would never expect a domestic employee to go without being paid for performing their civic duty.

Most, if not 99%, of you cannot afford a nanny if you cannot afford to,continue to pay while when is on jury duty. Put your kids in day care.

Not OP but I have to say "no work no pay."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parents, I've been a nanny for 15 years and I would never prioritize jury duty over your family and you should allow your nannies too either.

So, how would you handle it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents, I've been a nanny for 15 years and I would never prioritize jury duty over your family and you should allow your nannies too either.

So, how would you handle it?

As a nanny if I was ever selected for jury duty I would simply lie to get out of it. If I really wanted to go I wouldn't expect to get paid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents, I've been a nanny for 15 years and I would never prioritize jury duty over your family and you should allow your nannies too either.

So, how would you handle it?

As a nanny if I was ever selected for jury duty I would simply lie to get out of it. If I really wanted to go I wouldn't expect to get paid.

You would lie about to a judge about jury duty? I would fire you and note in your reference your proclivity for telling lies to get our of doing things you do not want to do. Personally, I would not want a liar taking care of my children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. My state does not require that household employers pay for jury duty. I also would not force her to use her vacation pay if she didn't want to. She would have a job to return to whether jury duty lasted a few days or three months. My DH just had major surgery and we have many medical bills. We cannot afford to cover temp help and pay her her normal salary on top of that. I am asking other parent bosses what they have done in the past that they think is fair, not trying to mistreat my employee.

Are you able to switch to daycare? If your work schedule fits within daycare hours, if day care will save you money, and if you can start daycare within the minimum notice time you are obligated to give your Nanny that her job is ending, then you need to let your Nanny go, write her an am amazing reference, and switch to daycare.

Why? Because you can't afford a nanny if you have huge medical bills and the notion of paying your Nanny her wages when she is involuntarily absent for jury duty.

If you have no access to daycare, or if you have so many kids day care would cost more than a nanny, you need to talk with your nanny. Explain that due to medical bills you would not be able to pay her for more than X days of jury duty. Ask her to decide whether she is willing to gamble on not being chosen for duty, knowing that she would go without pay if she does end up on a jury, or if she would prefer to begin looking for a new position that would start a few weeks after jury dug starts.

You would need to agree to keep her on until jury duty potentially starts, and she would need to agree to stay until then. You would need to promise to pay some severance. Then both of you would begin to look for new possible situations, and part company the week jury duty starts.

lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents, I've been a nanny for 15 years and I would never prioritize jury duty over your family and you should allow your nannies too either.

So, how would you handle it?

As a nanny if I was ever selected for jury duty I would simply lie to get out of it. If I really wanted to go I wouldn't expect to get paid.

Newsflash:

Failure to appear will mean a bench warrant, prison, or rescheduling of your jury duty, depending on the judge and court. So just show up.

Lying to a judge is perjury, which is a FELONY. So most people would be unlikely to hire you if you are caught. Good luck with that.

Contempt of court is a possibility for all of the above.

Now, want to try answering again?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents, I've been a nanny for 15 years and I would never prioritize jury duty over your family and you should allow your nannies too either.

So, how would you handle it?

As a nanny if I was ever selected for jury duty I would simply lie to get out of it. If I really wanted to go I wouldn't expect to get paid.

You would lie about to a judge about jury duty? I would fire you and note in your reference your proclivity for telling lies to get our of doing things you do not want to do. Personally, I would not want a liar taking care of my children.

You aren't anyone's employer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. My state does not require that household employers pay for jury duty. I also would not force her to use her vacation pay if she didn't want to. She would have a job to return to whether jury duty lasted a few days or three months. My DH just had major surgery and we have many medical bills. We cannot afford to cover temp help and pay her her normal salary on top of that. I am asking other parent bosses what they have done in the past that they think is fair, not trying to mistreat my employee.

So her choice is do her civic duty but lose pay for week or more? You are a real peach.

You are a real troll.

No. I am a real,person who also treats everyone in my employ as I wish to be treated. If I am paid by my employer o
If I have jury duty them I would never expect a domestic employee to go without being paid for performing their civic duty.

Most, if not 99%, of you cannot afford a nanny if you cannot afford to,continue to pay while when is on jury duty. Put your kids in day care.

You can't even put a coherent sentence together, yet you expect people to believe what you say? Troll.