Comment on Civic duty

Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• Gork@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Last time I went they paid like $25 for the entire day.

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  • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    That would barely cover your costs to be there.

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    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      the first day spend around 7+hrs sitting on hard wooden benches. yea it wont cover the hours lost if you were working.

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• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Employers should have to give you paid time off for it

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  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    usually its not their responsibility to do so, its the city should be responsible. because the job loses out on people not being there for several days at a time.

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  • hydrashok@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Some do

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• cattywampas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  That’s why they call it a civic duty, not a job.

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• 69420@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  You get paid where I live, but it’s some useless amount like $12/day.

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  • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    that is effectively not getting paid imo

    I got bills to pay. I’m not living a lavish life. either it matches my income, or I find a way out of it

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• Notyou@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I got summoned recently and was excited. Ever8I worked with seemed odd that I was excited. The guy took a deal so they dismissed us around 11-12.

  The court wrote a small check but I got a full pay day from my job. Union benefits for the win.

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• ieGod@lemmy.zip ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This not universally true. Can vary by country, province, and court system level.

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Where are you not being paid? It’s always paid here. It’s just a lot less than minimum wage (like $75 for the whole shebang no matter how long it lasts).

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  • WoodScientist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The rate was so low in Harris County, TX several years ago that the day rate wouldn’t even pay for parking and the cheapest lunch at the courthouse cafeteria.

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  • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Depending on how long the trial lasts, that wouldn’t even cover travel expenses.

    That’s effectively working for free.

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    • lonefighter@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I knew someone who got picked for jury duty on a trial that lasted over a month in federal court over 2 hours from where he lived.

      He ended up having to take out loans to cover his travel expenses on top of his normal living expenses. He got paid something like $7/day for the entire trial and his job only gave 5 days of PTO for the whole year and didn’t pay for jury duty like a lot of businesses do, so after the first week he had no income.

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      • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I’d just stop showing up at that point, that’s ridiculous. Financial hardship is a legitimate reason to get out of jury duty where I live.

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    • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I forget the minimum length, but my state also gives a per diem if the trial is longer than a certain number of days. But like some one else said, it’s only like $12/day. Like barely enough to cover a lunch.

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  • dingus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I mean…think about that for a minute. If you’re being paid less than minimum wage then how are you supposed to afford to live? Some people live paycheck to paycheck.

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• bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  But the hours are good.

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