Jury Duty
The University recognizes jury duty as a civic responsibility of everyone. When summoned for jury duty, an employee will be granted leave to perform their duty as a juror. If the employee is excused from jury duty during their regular work hours, they are expected to report to work promptly.
Full-time employees who are subpoenaed to serve on a jury are paid the difference between their regular straight-time pay and jury-duty pay, up to a maximum of ten days (80 hours) per calendar year, provided they return to work promptly as soon as relieved from jury service.
Minor Child Court Appearance Leave
Employees who are the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a minor child or ward who must appear in court will be allowed leave for the purpose of appearing in court with the child.
Employees seeking leave under this policy must request leave at least seven days in advance of the need for leave. However, if an employee does not receive notice of the hearing seven or more days in advance, then the employee must request leave within 24 hours of receiving notice of the hearing.
Leave under this policy will be unpaid except that exempt employees may be paid as required by applicable law.
Emergency Responder Leave
Employees who are emergency services volunteers will be allowed unpaid time off to respond to an emergency. For purposes of this policy, an "emergency services volunteer" means a volunteer firefighter, emergency medical services personnel, or a person mobilized as part of a posse comitatus.
Employees must make a reasonable effort to notify RVU on each occasion that they will be late to or absent from work to respond to an emergency.
The University may require that employees who need time off to respond to an emergency as an emergency services volunteer submit a written statement from the person who supervises them in the course of performing duties as an Emergency Services Volunteer, stating that the employee responded to an emergency and providing the time and date of the employee's service.
The University will not terminate an employee solely for being an emergency services volunteer or for being absent from or late to work as a result of responding to an emergency as an emergency services volunteer.