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JURY DUTY AND COURT LEAVE
Section 1. Performance of jury duty is
considered a basic civic responsibility of all employees of the Agency.
Although temporary loss of the employee's service may impair operating
capabilities, the employee's civic duty is of overriding importance.
Section 2. An employee on court/jury duty leave shall be entitled to
the same premium pay he/she would have received had he/she worked his/her
regular shift. Employees assigned to night duty shall be granted court/jury
duty leave on the days on which court duty is to be performed when attendance
in court would cause them to lose time needed for rest. Employees released
from court/jury duty early may be granted excused absence for the remainder of
the workday.
Section 3. At the request of an employee who has been granted
court/jury duty leave, his/her regular days off shall be changed to coincide
with his/her court/jury duty service regular days off. This change of the
employee's regular days off shall not entitle the employee to receive pay in
excess of that authorized for his/her rescheduled tour of duty.
Section 4. When an employee is summoned as a witness in a judicial
proceeding to testify in an unofficial capacity on behalf of any party where
the United States, the District of Columbia, or any State or local government
is a party, in the District of Columbia, a State, territory, or possession of
the United States including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Trust
Territory of the Pacific Islands, or the Republic of Panama, he/she is
entitled to court leave during the time he/she is absent as a witness. When an
employee is summoned or assigned by the Agency to testify in an official
capacity on behalf of the United States Government or the Government of the
District of Columbia, he/she is in an official duty status as distinguished
from a leave status, and is entitled to his/her regular pay. An employee not
in an official capacity, who is summoned as a witness on behalf of a private
party when a party is not the United States, the District of Columbia, or a
State or local government, will be granted annual leave or leave without pay
for his/her absence as a witness in accordance with Agency regulations.
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