31.    JURY DUTY

As a good citizen, the employer encourages all employees, whenever they are requested to do so, to participate as an active member of a jury.  Any regular employee who is called to, and reports for, jury duty shall be compensated by the employer for the difference between their regular pay and the jury fee received for each day of jury duty performed on which the employee otherwise would have been scheduled to work, not to exceed eight hours straight time on any given day or thirty days in a calendar year.  Such compensation shall be payable only if the employee gives the employer prior notice of such jury duty call, and presents the proper evidence of performance of jury duty and the amount paid by the court.

Employees who are excused form jury duty and who can work a minimum of tow hour of their regular shift on that day are expected to come in and do so.

 Time thus paid under this benefit for performance of jury duty will not be calculated as hours worked for the purpose of paying overtime wages.

 
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