Fortune International Group encourages employees to fulfill their civic responsibilities by serving jury duty when required. Employees will be compensated for jury duty consistent with state, county, or city law.
Jury duty pay will be calculated on the employee’s base pay rate times the hours the employee would otherwise have worked on the day of absence. Jury duty pay does not include overtime or any special forms of compensation such as incentives, commissions, bonuses, or shift differentials.
Employee classifications that qualify for paid jury duty leave are:
• Regular full-time employees
If employees are required to serve jury duty beyond the period of paid jury duty leave, they may use any available paid time off (for example, PTO benefits) or may request an unpaid jury duty leave of absence.
Employees must show the jury duty summons to their supervisor as soon as possible, but at least five (5) days prior to the commencement of jury duty so that the supervisor may make arrangements to accommodate their absence. Of course, employees are expected to report for work whenever the court schedule permits.
Either Fortune International Group or the employee may request an excuse from jury duty if, in Fortune International Group judgment, the employee’s absence would create serious operational difficulties.
Fortune International Group will continue to provide health insurance benefits until the end of the month in which the jury duty leave begins. At that time, employees will become responsible for the full costs of these benefits if they wish coverage to continue. When the employee returns from jury duty, benefits will again be provided by Fortune International Group according to the applicable plans.