The jury selection process is in love with me

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Originally Posted by Alistair

Honest question… do most employers really stiff their employees for time served on jury duty? I’m salaried, so it’s never been an issue for me.
Anyway, I agree that the $35/day my county pays jurors is ridiculous. That might cover lunch at the court cafe and gas to drive in. Maybe.

PA pays the standard federal rate for mileage, which for some reason hasn't increased enough. And $9 a day for the first 3 days, $25 after that. Not only do many low-wage employers not pay, but many of them really want to sanction employees for getting jury duty, so it may cause unemployment.

The guy sitting next to me last time I was at voir dire was ecstatic we were being let out early so he could go work his landscaping job for a few hours. Probably the first time he had ever been happy to go to work. Concentrated my mind on the issue of pay. I realized that some of the people in that room would have had real financial problems if they were on that frivolous civil trial for a week.