(a) Any regular employee of the Court who is required to serve on the jury in any court of record shall be paid his or her regular rate of pay during such period if such service occurs on the employee's regularly scheduled workday.
(b) In order for an employee to receive pay under this section, the employee must secure a certificate from the Clerk of Courts in which he or she served evidencing the fact of his or her having been required to serve. Compensation for jury duty shall be turned in to the Administrative Business Officer for deposit in the General Fund.
(c) An employee serving on jury duty who is released from duty before 4:30 p.m. is expected to report to work as scheduled for the remainder of the business day.
(d) Employees who are subpoenaed or are otherwise required to serve as a witness under any of the circumstances specified below before any and all State of Ohio and/or Federal Administrative tribunal(s) or Court(s) of Law, "shall suffer no loss in time or pay". Hours served herein shall be computed as though the employee was at work.
(e) This provision will only apply as to witnesses when: the employee is appearing in their official capacity on behalf of the Court, or the employee is testifying to matters directly related to his job responsibilities, or the employee is appearing in a matter of civic duty with the prior approval of the Court Administrator. Matters wherein an employee is a party or related to a party will not be considered a civic duty.