(A) The Town of Monon encourages employees to fulfill their civic responsibilities by serving jury duty when required. Non-exempt employees are required to return to his/her scheduled shift once released from jury duty.
(B) Employees must show the jury duty summons to their department head as soon as possible so that the supervisor may arrange to accommodate their absence.
(C) The per diem amount paid to an employee for jury duty shall be turned over to the Town of Monon Clerk-Treasurer. The employee shall keep mileage compensation.
(D) Either the Town of Monon or the employee may request an excuse from jury duty, if in the town's judgment, the employee's absence would create serious operational difficulties.
(E) Jury duty pay will be calculated on the employee's rate of pay times the number of hours the employee would otherwise have worked on the day of absence.
(F) The Town of Monon encourages employees to appear in court for witness duty when subpoenaed to do so. If employees have been subpoenaed or otherwise requested to testify as witnesses by the town, they will receive full pay for the entire period of witness duty. Other court appearances will require use of vacation days or compensatory time. Employees are expected to report for work whenever the court schedule permits.
(Ord. 2022-13, passed 12-21-2022)