Follow-up to Staff Meeting: Jury Duty Pay

As a follow-up to our discussion at yesterday's staff meeting about jury duty (and whether you need to take vacation or come back to work), here's that the city policy says:

Administrative Procedure 3-11 -- Absence

6.13 Court Related Absence

• 6.13.1 Employees shall be paid for court-related absences when the court appearance is in response to a summons for jury duty . . . 
• 6.13.2  Employees summoned for jury duty shall be required to furnish proof of summons and shall be paid for time spent in court and thirty (30) minutes  travel  time after release from court only when such time can be validated by an instrument of the court, such as a court attendance slip . . . 
• 6.13.3  Subpoenas, summons, or other such court-ordered appearances shall be treated and compensated in the same manner as jury duty only when such sppearance is related, directly or indirectly, to City business or to the employee's role as a City employee . . . 

So, you will be paid for the time you spent at jury duty and 30 minutes of travel time to return to work--provided you bring official court attendance slip, such as the work release form provided by Municipal Court.

You can find more information about attendance and paid absences in the following:

1. The City ofHouston Employee Guidebook (also on the Kendall blog “Quick Links” page) provides a good overview and will direct you to the appropriate City policy, which can be found on the Administrative Policies and Procedures page— http://www.houstontx.gov/adminpolicies.html —of the city website.
2. The Library’s attendance policies and procedures can be found on the Intranet under Forms + Documents > Policies and Procedures > H.R. > 5.1 Hours: Time and Attendance Reporting.

Karen