Jury Duty is like voting, where we really don't want people doing it that can't be bothered with even a little inconvenience. If you can't even spend 15 minutes ever four years to actually go to the polls then you shouldn't be voting.
Citizens absolutely should not be enriched by jury duty for this reason, because people doing it for the money will make poor verdicts as they don't care about the "duty" part.
The issue is that the compensation is so unfair. It should be 1/365 of your current year taxable income per day served, which you can estimate to get an immediate payout that's adjusted when you file. Employers should be prohibited from paying salary to prevent double-dipping.
This way is neutral with nobody punished or enriched, but at the same time enough of a tax hassle that the "mail in voter" types may choose to avoid it.
The issue is that the compensation is so unfair. It should be 1/365 of your current year taxable income per day served, which you can estimate to get an immediate payout that's adjusted when you file. Employers should be prohibited from paying salary to prevent double-dipping.
Either this or the employers should be required to pay their employee (including the hourlies) while on jury duty. I don't know which one is the better option, you'd have to figure out a way to keep the pay from being known to the attorneys in your suggestion as it could (in theory) be used as a way to save the government money, resulting in a worse jury pool. If I'm on jury duty, I'm getting my salary regardless, so I guess I don't really care, the compensation issue hits non-exempt and hourly employees way harder.
Jury Duty is like voting, where we really don't want people doing it that can't be bothered with even a little inconvenience. If you can't even spend 15 minutes ever four years to actually go to the polls then you shouldn't be voting.
Citizens absolutely should not be enriched by jury duty for this reason, because people doing it for the money will make poor verdicts as they don't care about the "duty" part.
The issue is that the compensation is so unfair. It should be 1/365 of your current year taxable income per day served, which you can estimate to get an immediate payout that's adjusted when you file. Employers should be prohibited from paying salary to prevent double-dipping.
This way is neutral with nobody punished or enriched, but at the same time enough of a tax hassle that the "mail in voter" types may choose to avoid it.
Either this or the employers should be required to pay their employee (including the hourlies) while on jury duty. I don't know which one is the better option, you'd have to figure out a way to keep the pay from being known to the attorneys in your suggestion as it could (in theory) be used as a way to save the government money, resulting in a worse jury pool. If I'm on jury duty, I'm getting my salary regardless, so I guess I don't really care, the compensation issue hits non-exempt and hourly employees way harder.