Administrative Regulation: Witness/Jury Duty
Regulation Number: 3.6.2
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Service to the legal court system is one of the civic duties that employees may, from time to time, be called upon to perform. An employee summoned for official jury duty or when called as a subpoenaed witness shall inform his/her supervisor of the dates and times of the commitment as soon as practicable. A copy of the summons or subpoena shall be given to the supervisor.
Time away from work is granted with pay during the period of official jury duty or when called as a subpoenaed witness in the capacity of a private citizen less the amount of the jury/witness stipend (not travel/lodging/living expense reimbursements). These amounts must be paid/turned-in to the College. Alternatively, the employee may receive their full College pay and keep any/all stipends and reimbursements by taking Paid Leave, Unpaid Leave, or using Personal Days under H/W Leave during the period of jury or witness duty.
If the employee is called as a College witness, the employee cannot accept the witness pay or the expense reimbursements, since the employee receives full pay and expense reimbursement from the College during this period. The employee may elect to keep witness pay only by taking Paid Leave, Unpaid Leave, or Personal Leave l days from their Leave and paying expenses incurred.
Upon completion of jury duty, a certificate of attendance from the Clerk of the Court must be submitted to Human Resources.
Original Adoption Date: 2/14/95
Revision Date(s): 11/8/05(RF), 8/13/13(RF), 1/29/18
Date reviewed, no change: