Time off for jury service 

You are legally entitled to time off work if you're called up to serve in a jury and we will make sure that you don't lose income for this public duty.

You'll need to use the court’s form to claim loss of earnings, but we will top-up any payment you receive from them that is less than your normal salary.

To ensure that you are not out of pocket, we'll continue to pay your normal salary whilst you’re away. Once you return to work, we'll deduct the amount paid to you by the court.  

What you need to do

Tell your line manager as soon as you are called for jury service. 

Before starting jury service, use the Assyst portal to log a ‘loss of earnings certificate’.

Payroll will calculate your daily rate and then complete the certificate and return it to you.

You're expected to claim loss of earnings allowance under the juror’s allowance regulations. You can find out how to claim if you’re an employee on GOV.UK. 

Where it is practical to do so, you are expected to return to work on any half or whole day when you are not required at court. 

So that you don’t have to wait until you are paid by the court, we will continue to pay your normal salary whilst you’re away.

When you return to work, we'll deduct the amount that the court would pay you for the number of days that have been logged as attending court.

What your manager needs to do

Once your jury service is complete, your manager will log the number of days that you served on the jury in My Oracle under ‘public duties’. They'll then need to choose the ‘jury service’ option.

Your manager must also log a general payroll query with People Services on the Assyst portal to advise Payroll to deduct the amount that you receive in loss of earnings allowance from the next available pay run.