Do I Have to Let My Employee Go to Jury Duty?

As an employer, jury duty can be a hassle. It can make you miss work if you get called to serve. Not to mention it could make a key employee absent from their post if the government chooses them to sit for jury duty. What are the legal ramifications if an employee gets called away on jury duty? What should you know as an employer? Jury duty pay is not required under federal law. Employers are not required to pay employees when they serve on a

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