DU lawyers and HR types

a friend has received a summons for Jury Duty. Unfortunately, the company we work for has scheduled him to be in Panama (the country) on the date he is to report. He has had the summons for over a month and the company knows about it and scheduled him to go anyway. The company has requested that the court reschedule his Jury Duty but no response has been received. As he has not received a pass he plans on going to serve the Jury Duty rather than skip it and face a bench warrant and fines for contempt.

He feels that he is being pressured to go to Panama and ignore the summons. I understand the fines. But, if he were to go to Jury Duty, could he be fired from work for that? If so, what would his recourse be?

OK...just a curious and not so fun situation to be in.

What say ye?

subjectProdigal

He can call the clerk of courts and ask, given the situation, what the options are. Some courts will excuse you once.

the clerk said he had to appear. That is when our company got involved...

sP

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However your employer doesn't have to pay you for the time you serve either. My employer did pay me twice when I was on jury duty.

I don't know if every state is the same or not.