Jury Duty

[lpn954]

Hello all ,

I just got summoned for jury duty. As a home health nurse I'm an independent contractor, and serving jury duty would be a financial hardship for me as if I don't work, I don't get paid. I was wondering if other home health nurses out there were able to get out of jury duty for this reason? If so how? I was going to try mailing back my summons with that reason listed.

[Here.I.Stand, BSN, RN]

I'm thinking that the only thing employers are bound to with respect to jury duty is that they cannot fire you for it.

Is that true or did I imagine it?

Can't fire or even penalize, I believe. So calling off for jury duty doesn't count against your attendance record.

[Jensmom7, BSN, RN]

The OP has stated she is a contractor. That is the problem. No work, no pay.

Very true, but I was responding to someone other than the OP so...