Jurors may soon be rejoicing. According to Jarad Lucan, writing in Daniel Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog, there are numerous statutes protecting employees from adverse employment action as they fulfill their civic duties.
Specifically, two clauses of the Connecticut General Statute speak to the issue of jury duty and general witnesses. The first, prohibits an employer from terminating an employee who responds to a summons or serves on a jury, explains Lucan. It also states that anyone who served eight hours of jury duty is deemed to have worked an entire day, and an employer can’t make the employee work more. The second protects employees acting as witnesses in criminal proceedings and those who have protective orders issued on their behalf.
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