(A) Jury duty.
(1) All regular county employees selected for jury duty shall be entitled to civil leave with pay for the period of absence required. The leave shall not be charged to annual or sick leave. On any day, however, that the employee is excused from service on a jury, he or she is expected to promptly report to his or her job with the county if within reasonable commuting distance or be charged annual leave for time excused from jury duty.
(2) Any period of time for which an employee is excused from jury duty because of illness shall be charged to sick leave. Compensation received for jury duty, excluding travel and/or lodging expenses, shall be turned over to the County Finance Department. If an employee is excused from jury duty and was not required to be at court the number of hours equal to the employee’s workday, is required to return to work according to arrangements between the employee and their supervisor.
(B) Official court attendance. All regular county employees, excluding law enforcement and corrections personnel, subpoenaed or ordered to attend court to appear as a witness or to testify in some official capacity on behalf of the county or the federal government shall be entitled to leave with pay for the period as the court may require.
(C) Private litigation. The absence of a county employee to appear in any capacity in private litigation shall be charged to annual leave or leave without pay.
(‘77 Code, § 13-69) (Ord. 1584, passed 9-17-84; Am. Ord. 5288, passed 10-17-88; Am. Ord. 1214, passed 5-5-14)