Why should I do Jury Duty??

[Anonymous]

I've been called into Jury Duty, I've already delayed it once..I cannot delay it again. My employer will not pay me for time away on jury duty (in my state they are not required).

I can not afford to miss work!  Why should I do this if it will put my family behind financially!!

[lucky2Beeme]

Call the court and explain whats going on

[Kodysmommy928]

They are not going to make you if it will financially ruin you.

[bluesky51201]

Because its the law. I thought the state paid you for jury duty, they do it here if your employer won't pay.

[b.futlz]

I believe you are right

Quoting bluesky51201:

Because its the law. I thought the state paid you for jury duty, they do it here if hour employer won't pay.

[andreahm]

Because if you dont then youll go to jail chickie. When youre called for jury duty you gotta go.

[MsRkg]

1) because it's your civic duty.

2) You will be compensated for your time by the state, if your employer will not cover it. Even showing up for one day and not even being selected to serve on a jury will get you a compensation check.

[MichelleJ1000]

Write a letter to the court explaining the financial hardship.

[Anonymous]

in the state of Illinois, jury duty pay is about $17/day.  you can't even park in the city (there's a courthouse smack in the loop) for under $20.  it's always nice to be upside down at the end of a day of waiting for your number to be called!

they've sent me three notices in the last two years that I've completely ignored.  once they get my name right on the papers I'm happy to show up, but I'll be damned if I'm going down there with ID that has a different last name on it than the jury notice.  I did that once, it was a waste of time because they couldn't verify that it was me so it didn't count.

Quoting bluesky51201:

Because its the law. I thought the state paid you for jury duty, they do it here if your employer won't pay.

[BeAmour]

 Because it's your "civic duty".

[Aamy]

They do bit it is FAR from a full days lay. My dh got like $50 for 5 days of jury duty.

Quoting bluesky51201:

Because its the law. I thought the state paid you for jury duty, they do it here if your employer won't pay.