Jury Service

[Deleted member 18477]

Do your duty and enjoy the perks.

What are the perks?

 

[Sergei's Celebration]

I love doing jury service. Done it twice and feel proud to do my duty as a citizen. You can't complain if your not in the game.

 

[surlyseagull]

Done jury service three times and have been called up four times ,but because the fourth was within a year of the last one I was excused .Never done it since ,guess I have served my time .

 

[Frutos]

I'd love to do it

As would I, could be quite an interesting experience.

 

[spongy]

Have they relaxed the rules? Last I knew was that if you have any kind of criminal record then you are ineligible

 

[Baldseagull]

Have they relaxed the rules? Last I knew was that if you have any kind of criminal record then you are ineligible

An ACAB tatoo across your knuckles, and a Harry Roberts T-shirt will probably get you sent home.

 

[Garage_Doors]

Call them up and ask.

I got called up to do it earlier in the year but as I'm self-employed, and it was going to potentially put a big dent in my income, they said it wasn't a problem to be excluded.

It depends what your reasons for not wanting to do it. If I was in paid employment I would be up for it, but I got the impression that if you ask you might be able to get out of it or, at least, a deferral.

Good luck!

This exactly where i'm at being self employed its going to cost me big time.
I understood being SE was not a valid reason to be excluded.
If employed i'd love to do it.

 

[vegster]

Perks?

Depending on your employment status, full pay/bonus or financial compensation for a 5-6 hour day plus free meals

 

[Garage_Doors]

As would I, could be quite an interesting experience.

I too would like to do it, but not at a cost penalty, if i was employed and continued to be paid by employer then great.
Are you employed or self employed?

 

[Garage_Doors]

I done jury, it was great they paid me for 2 weeks jury service and I got full pay from work..

Refer it to me, I'd love to do it

Would you do it if your employer did not pay you whilst you were doing it?

 

[Superphil]

Would you do it if your employer did not pay you whilst you were doing it?

Exactly, I know mine wouldn't, why would they pay me, a salesman, for selling nothing?

 

[Frutos]

I too would like to do it, but not at a cost penalty, if i was employed and continued to be paid by employer then great.
Are you employed or self employed?

Employed.

 

[Sergei's Celebration]

Exactly, I know mine wouldn't, why would they pay me, a salesman, for selling nothing?

I think they have to. It's kinda in the rules and the chances you take employing people.

 

[Superphil]

I think they have to. It's kinda in the rules and the chances you take employing people.

I agree, and they always pay me, they pay me for stuff I sell for them. If I'm tied up in a courtroom for any length of time I'm not going to be selling anything, so they wouldn't have to pay me anything, 10% of no sales = no wages. The trials and tribulations of being a salesperson.

 

[Garage_Doors]

I think they have to. It's kinda in the rules and the chances you take employing people.

That would be a very strange law to uphold, OK for large cooperate/multinational companies, but where they are just say 3 employees you can't afford to to have a 1/3 of the wage bill being supported by the remaining 2 employees, the business would be un sustainable.

 

[Sergei's Celebration]

Ok doing a quick Google this is what it looks like:

Your employer has to let you do it but can ask for it to be deferred (1year)

If your sacked you can claim unfair dismissal.

You can claim loss of earnings from the court, travel and food. (based on hours done and length of service).

Your employer can claim loss of earnings as well.

I was in the military when I did mine after having it deferred for being in Afghan thats why I was unsure earlier.

 

[Baldseagull]

That would be a very strange law to uphold, OK for large cooperate/multinational companies, but where they are just say 3 employees you can't afford to to have a 1/3 of the wage bill being supported by the remaining 2 employees, the business would be un sustainable.

Like when someone gives birth or breaks a leg you mean?

 

[Superphil]

That would be a very strange law to uphold, OK for large cooperate/multinational companies, but where they are just say 3 employees you can't afford to to have a 1/3 of the wage bill being supported by the remaining 2 employees, the business would be un sustainable.

That's why you should be able to be exempted, have you asked, or explained your situation ? There must be more informed resources online to provide guidance.

 

[Dick Head]

Gone through the list and there don't seem to be any exclusions that apply to me.
Have i got to do it, how can get out of it legitimately ?

I'm appearing in court. Have i got to do it, how can get out of it legitimately?

 

[Garage_Doors]

Like when someone gives birth or breaks a leg you mean?

Yes exactly that, they would not be legally obliged to pay them in these cases.