§ 2-97. Jury duty pay.

(a)

Regular full-time employees who must be absent from work as a result of jury duty shall be excused and continue to receive regular compensation as though they had worked their regularly scheduled work day. Regular part-time and temporary employees shall be excused from work to perform jury duty without pay. Employees may, at their option, charge any paid personal leave or compensatory time that the employee may have accrued. Regular full-time employees who exercise this option shall charge paid personal leave or compensatory time in lieu of receiving regular compensation

(b)

Any court payments received by regular full-time employees as a result of jury duty performance during the employee's normal working hours, excluding compensation for mileage and tolls, shall be submitted to the city treasurer for deposit into the general fund of the city. Payments from the court may be retained by regular full-time employees when the employee has served on jury duty during hours in which the employee is off duty, or when the employee, at his option, has chosen to charge any paid personal leave or compensatory time that the employee may have accrued in lieu of receiving regular compensation for the time served on jury duty. Payments received by regular part-time and temporary employees may be retained by the employee.

(c)

No adverse personnel action shall be taken against any employee who must be absent from work as a result of jury duty.

(Ord. No. 4259-91; Ord. No. 6499-08)

(Ord. No. 4259-91; Ord. No. 6499-08)