Jury Duty Pay In New Brunswick

In New Brunswick, Canada, jurors receive $20 for a half day's attendance (less than four hours) and $40 per day for a full day's attendance (more than four hours). If a trial lasts 10 days or longer, a juror will be paid $40 for each half-day and $80 for each full day of attendance starting on Day 10 of the trial. Jurors may also be paid compensation for meals and travel expenses. However, there is no mileage reimbursement for travel in New Brunswick.

How much do you get paid for jury duty in New Brunswick?

In New Brunswick, Canada, jurors receive $20 for a half day's attendance (less than four hours) and $40 per full day (more than four hours). However, if a trial lasts 10 days or longer, a juror will be paid $40 for each half-day and $80 for each full day of attendance starting on Day 10 of the trial.

Jurors may also be compensated for meals and travel expenses.

Do employers have to pay their employees for jury duty?

In New Brunswick, Canada, employees summoned for jury duty are entitled to a leave of absence without pay. However, employers are generally not allowed to make it unreasonably difficult for employees to take time off for jury duty.

The New Brunswick Employment Standards Act states that employers have only two options:

• Don't pay the employee
• Pay the employee minus any fee they are paid for being a jury or witness

In New Brunswick, jurors receive a fee of $20 for a half-day's attendance (less than four hours) and $40 for a full day's attendance (more than four hours). If a trial lasts 10 days or longer, a juror will be paid $40 for each half-day and $80 for each full day of attendance starting on Day 10 of the trial. Jurors may also be compensated for meals and travel expenses.

In the United States, federal law does not require employers to provide their employees with leave for jury duty service, nor does it specify a period of leave, compensation, or benefits. However, most states prohibit employers from firing or penalising employees for jury service. Some states require employers to pay employees for time not worked due to jury duty.

Eleven states and one territory in the US require employers to pay employees who are called to serve on jury duty: Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New York, Tennessee, the District of Columbia, Florida, and Miami-Dade County.

In New York, employers with more than 10 employees must pay at least $40 per day for the first three days of jury service. The state will pay a jury fee of $40 per day for a juror's service for any days that the employer does not.

What are the exemptions for jury duty in New Brunswick?

In New Brunswick, certain individuals are ineligible to serve as jurors, while others may be exempt from serving.

Ineligibility

The following persons are ineligible to serve as jurors:

• Members and clerks of the Senate and the House of Commons of Canada
• Members and clerks of the Legislative Assembly
• Judges of the Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick, the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, and the Provincial Court of New Brunswick
• Solicitors and other officers of the courts
• Peace officers referred to in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of the definition of "peace officer" in section 2 of the Criminal Code (Canada)
• Auxiliary police officers and auxiliary police constables
• Persons employed in the Department of Justice and Public Safety
• Persons employed in the office of the Attorney General of Canada, the Department of Justice (Canada), or the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (Canada)
• Spouses of persons referred to in the above categories
• Ordained ministers, priests, or members of the clergy of any faith or worship licensed to perform marriages in the Province
• Persons who are members of religious orders vowed to live only in a convent, monastery, or other similar religious community
• Duly qualified medical and dental practitioners
• Members of His Majesty's forces on active service
• Consuls and consular agents
• Persons convicted of an offence under the Criminal Code (Canada), the Food and Drugs Act (Canada), or the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Canada), unless they have obtained a pardon

Exemptions

The following persons may be exempt from serving as jurors:

• A person who has served on a jury within the five years preceding the summons to serve
• A person who is seventy years of age or over
• A person who is unable to understand, speak, or read the official language in which the proceeding is to be conducted
• A person who suffers from a physical, mental, or other infirmity that is incompatible with the discharge of the duties of a juror
• A person for whom service on a jury would cause severe hardship because they have the care, during all or part of the day, of:
• A child under fourteen years of age
• A person who is infirm or aged
• A person who is mentally incompetent
• A person for whom service on a jury would cause serious and irreparable financial loss because the proceeding is expected to last ten or more sitting days

What happens if you don't show up for jury duty?

Serving jury duty is a civic responsibility and failing to appear for it can lead to legal consequences. If you are a Canadian citizen and have a driver's license, state identification card, or voter registration card, the state can summon you for jury service. You will receive a notice to appear at a specific date and time. If you know you have a conflict or will be out of town, most courts allow you to reschedule your service by contacting them. You can also request to be excused from jury duty by filling out an "application to be relieved" and mailing or delivering it to the sheriff within five days of receiving your notice. Remember that you must have a valid reason for asking to be excused.

If you ignore the first summons, you will likely receive a second summons with a new court date. If you miss the second summons, you may be subject to fines or even jail time. For example, in Ventura County, California, the fine for the first offense is $250, the penalty for the second offense is $750, and the penalty for the third offense is $1,000 or five days in jail. In New Brunswick, anyone who has been summoned to serve as a juror and fails to respond or appear can be held in contempt of court and may be fined a maximum of $1,000.

What is the process for getting out of jury duty?

If you wish to be relieved from jury duty in New Brunswick, you may fill out the "application to be relieved" and mail or deliver it to the sheriff within five days of receiving your notice. Remember that jury duty is an important civic responsibility, and you must have a good reason for asking to be excused. The sheriff will review your application and may or may not grant your request.

Should your application for relief be refused by the sheriff, you must attend Court at the designated time. You may appeal the refusal for relief to any Judge of the Court before the date on which you are summoned to attend for selection, or you may appeal to the presiding Judge at the time of jury selection.

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