Jury Service Requests in the Workplace: How do I Handle it?

For August 2024, we have asked the employment team at Tughans LLP to provide practical answers to unusual, sensitive or complex work-related queries. We call this feature “How do I handle it?”

The articles are aimed at HR professionals and other managers who may need to deal, from time to time, with the less commonplace disputes at work; issues that may, if handled incorrectly, lead to claims for discrimination, constructive dismissal or some other serious difficulty.

This month’s problem concerns:

“An employee has been called for jury service and is asking if they can work flexibly to cover their work, instead of claiming loss of earnings from the court. How do I handle it?”