Jury Duty
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Anonymous
| Has anyone sucessfully gotten out of jury duty by saying they're a nanny? Kids are 18 months and 7, and my employer don't pay for jury duty time off. |
Anonymous
| (At least I don't think they pay? I haven't asked but would feel bad because they'll need to pay someone else if I'm off!) |
Anonymous
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By law OP, your employers would have to let you serve for jury duty.
They would be breaking the law if they forbid you from it. |
Anonymous
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Being a nanny in DC will not get you off from jury duty. I've had jury duty in DC 4 different times.
Other places may be different, but not in DC. |
Anonymous
They have to give you the time off. They do not have to pay you. In fact, even salaried jobs often dock pay for jury-duty time because there is no way the person can do any work at all while on jury duty (no computers/cell phones allowed), and they have no idea how long the trial might last. You get paid some paltry amount by the government for performing jury duty (like $30/day + something for lunch). It's a civic duty, but it can also be a real hardship. |
Anonymous
| I've never known anyone to get of jury duty by virtue of their job being a nanny. The only times I know of when people were dismissed from jury duty solely by virtue of their job is when they are a police officer, lawyer, correctional officer, or their job was directly in conflict with the case being presented. |
Anonymous
| I live in Florida and got excused by telling them I care for an infant. In the paperwork it said if you can't leave your job because you are essential or the only employee (something like that) you can be excused. I had to call then email someone at the court and they excused me. I wouldn't want to do it either, no pay and even if your employers know it's jury duty I imagine they would be annoyed if you still wanted your time off etc. |
Anonymous
| Depending on the jurisdiction, some places allow you to get out of jury duty if you the primary/sole caregiver for a child or disabled individual. I would think being a nanny (presuming you are full time for a specific family--not a combination of several very part-time gigs) |
Anonymous
| I would try to get out of it. No way I would want to use my PTO and I don't see MB giving me a paid day off. |