YAJDT: Jury duty and Minimum wage...

[Brutuskend]

I was selected for jury duty last month but after all was said and done, they didn't need me.
I was there for 2-2 1/2 hours, and a few weeks later I received a check for my time. $12.00 :Q

How can the court system pay LESS than minimum wage? Isn't it a FEDERAL law?

 

[Isshinryu]

Methinks if they start paying you more, they'll simply take more out in taxes.

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
I was selected for jury duty last month but after all was said and done, they didn't need me.
I was there for 2-2 1/2 hours, and a few weeks later I received a check for my time. $12.00 :Q

How can the court system pay LESS than minimum wage? Isn't it a FEDERAL law?

Somebody told me once that that only applies if a place has atleast x number of employees (don't remember what the exact number was). How many people were there?

Nate

 

[Zenmervolt]

Uh, that's above minimum wage. Federal minimum wage is $5.15/hour.

Anything higher is tacked on by the state or the municipality.

ZV

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Uh, that's above minimum wage. Federal minimum wage is $5.15/hour.

Anything higher is tacked on by the state or the municipality.

ZV

 

[episodic]

Jury duty should pay per hour what you make per hour.

 

[jadinolf]

My county pays $5.00 per day and mileage one way.

I guess they expect you to leave your car at the government center and walk home.

 

[Scrooge2]

Wait, you get PAID for jury duty?

 

[Squisher]

Originally posted by: episodic
Jury duty should pay per hour what you make per hour.

We get paid our hourly wage if selected for jury duty.

<---Unionized autoworker.

 

[Evadman]

My company pays for jury duty with your regular wage.

 

[dquan97]

Most employers reimburse you for jury duty

 

[Syringer]

If you want to make money in jury duty go and watch Runaway Jury.

 

[nageov3t]

Jury duty in Jersey City paid $5/day... very considerate considering that taking the train = $3 + long walk, and driving = +$15 in parking. kind of a joke, really.

taking into account lunch and cabs, I was losing $10/day, not counting money that I'd be losing by not working.

 

[Syringer]

Your employer is supposed to pay you while you're on jury duty..

 

[Beattie]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Uh, that's above minimum wage. Federal minimum wage is $5.15/hour.

Anything higher is tacked on by the state or the municipality.

ZV

I cant read

 

[MacBaine]

Originally posted by: episodic
Jury duty should pay per hour what you make per hour.

That's the most goddamn stupid thing I've heard all day