Jury Duty

Administrative Procedure 5.305

Elgin Community College recognizes the responsibility of all citizens to accept assignment to jury duty unless excused. Therefore, leave will be granted to full-time employees called to jury duty, according to the following procedure.

1. Full-time personnel employed on a regular basis and not included in an employee organization having a collective bargaining agreement with the College who are called/subpoenaed as witnesses or jurors will notify the appropriate supervisor as soon as possible after being called/subpoenaed.
2. Called/subpoenaed employees required to serve as jurors or appear as witnesses during a scheduled workday will be paid their normal salary during this period, provided the employee promptly reimburses the Board any monies paid for such service.
3. Nothing herein will be construed to require the College to pay any personnel for appearance at a criminal proceeding in which said personnel is a criminal defendant, nor for appearances in civil proceedings in which said personnel is a party.

This policy was last reviewed on 08/31/2023.