Employers, do you have employees going on jury service? Here’s a heads up.
When an employee is required to undertake jury service, they are entitled to paid community service leave. Whilst the employee will receive jury service pay from the government, the employer is required to make up the difference between what the government pays and the employee’s ordinary pay.
Under the Fair Work Act, an employer is required to make up the difference in the employee’s pay for a maximum of 10 of the employee’s working days, however State legislation in some instances requires an employer to make up the difference between the employee’s jury pay and their ordinary pay for longer.
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