Jury service for employee

Can employee claim 100% of loss of earnings?

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I've been asked a question by a client in relation to an employee having to attend for jury service.

What I'm not sure about is the loss of earnings side of things.

As I understand things, if the employer doesn't pay the employee whilst in jury service, the employee can claim for loss of earnings.

The official daily rate the employee can claim for if on jury service for 10 days is £32.47 (4 hours or under) and £64.95 (over 4 hours).

Let’s say that the employee’s normal net pay after tax and NIC is £200 per day.  The maximum daily rate would be £64.95 leaving a loss of earnings of £135.05 per day.

Does the employee only receive the £64.95 per day allowance or is the employee still entitled to receive their full net wage of £200 per day via a loss of earnings claim to the Court?

 

 

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By tonycourt
13th Mar 2017 17:13

They only get the £64.95 per day - although there are higher rates for very long service periods

Employers you have three options:

1. Don’t pay your employees while on jury service. In effect they are taking unpaid leave.

2. Pay them as usual.

3. Pay a reduced salary. Many employers that choose this option. Pay enough so that when the employee’s net pay is added to their loss of earnings allowance their overall income is what it would have been had they not been on jury service.

It’s sensible to have a clear and consistent policy for jury service saying how it will affect your employees’ pay, i.e. which of the three options you will apply. Don’t forget that while most jury service lasts ten working days it can go on for weeks or months, so you may want to adopt a different option if it lasts longer than a certain perio

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