Potential jurors trying to wiggle out of serving due to financial hardship may have a harder time doing so if county supervisors have their way.
Supervisors Mark Church and Rich Gordon are proposing that certain contractors that do business with the county pay their employees regular pay for a minimum of five days while serving on jury duty. The supervisors hope the ordinance will minimize how many people claim they can't serve on juries because of the financial hardship of being away from jobs that won't continue to pay them during their absence.
"Far too many individuals see jury service as a burden instead of a civic responsibility," Church said in a press release announcing the proposal.
Judge Quentin Kopp brought the idea to the board, mimicking an ordinance already in place in Los Angeles County. The ordinance will affect businesses with contracts of at least $100,000 with the county. The threshold was set as a way to avoid impacting small business, Supervisor Rich Gordon said in the release.
The supervisors will vote at their Tuesday morning meeting.
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