Southern Adventist University encourages its employees to be active in the community and to do their civil duties. Department supervisors are also to encourage their employees to be available for jury duties when called. Inhibiting employees from participating in jury duty by writing letters to the court asking that the employee be discharged from jury duty, etc. is discouraged.
Upon receiving a summons to report for jury duty, the employee shall notify his/her supervisor immediately. The employee shall be excused from work for the day or days required of the employee while serving as a juror provided that such employee’s responsibility for jury duty exceeds three (3) hours during the day for which excuse is sought.
The employee shall be entitled to his/her usual compensation less the amount of the fee or compensation for serving as a juror. However, the employer may pay the employee his/her usual compensation without deducting the fee or compensation received for jury service.
The university is not required under Tennessee Code 22-4-108, Compensation of Jurors, to compensate an employee for more time than was actually spent serving and traveling to and from jury duty.
Tennessee Code 22-4-108, only applies to employers who employ on a regular basis more than five (5) people or to any employee who has been employed on a temporary basis for more than six (6) months.
Southern Adventist University shall not discharge or in any manner discriminate against an employee for serving on jury duty if such employee, prior to taking time off, gives the required notice, as mentioned in paragraph 1, to their supervisor stating that the employee must serve.