Childminder and Jury Service

[Eastie77]

Question for any childminders who have been called up for jury service: did you expect to be paid in full while you were on JS?

Alternatively, were you able to be excused from serving for any reason?

Thanks
Eastie

Normally you make an application for payment via the courts for loss of earnings, see www.gov.uk/jury-service/what-you-can-claim

I used a CM in the past and would not expect to pay if the service was unavailable as I would have to pay an alternate as well. What do your t&c say about eg days you are ill or that you take holiday?

I know a cm in town who was called for jury service and the courts reimbursed her loss of earnings for the two weeks (I think) that she took off to be available for the jury.

I wouldn't expect parents to pay me for this time as my terms and conditions state that I won't charge for my own time off.

Thank you. Our CM has confirmed she does not expect us to pay during JS but she is worried she will not be able to claim all of her lost earnings. I'll send her the link doctoratsea

I'm sure she'd be excused if she asked (though might be too late now)

She has asked to be excused and is waiting to find out the outcome. The worst case scenario is she has to do it and the case drags on for weeks..
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