I don't know if you did this, but I looked this up for you....
they can not make you take it as a sick or vacation day, just so you know
These are NY State Juror Rules for Employers:
Employers of more than 10 employees must pay jurors the
jury fee of $40 or the employee’s wage (whichever is lower) each
day for the first three days of jury service. If the juror’s daily
wage is less than the jury fee, then the State makes up the
difference. The State will pay the jury fee of jurors who work for
employers of 10 or fewer employees if the jurors are not paid at
least the jury fee by their employers. After three days, the State
pays the jury fee to jurors who are not paid at least the jury fee.
For jurors who are paid a daily wage that is less than the jury fee
the State makes up the difference.
EMPLOYERS OBLIGATIONS
Must employers allow employees to serve?
Yes. An employer must allow employees time off from work to
serve as jurors. An employer who discharges or penalizes an
employee for serving as a juror may be prosecuted by the Office
of the Attorney General and subjected to criminal penalties.
May an employer change an employee’s regularly scheduled
hours of work when the employee is scheduled to serve as a
juror?
Schedule changes that are designed to accommodate the
employee’s obligation to serve are permitted. Schedule changes
that penalize an employee may result in prosecution by the
Office of the Attorney General and criminal penalties.
May an employer require an employee to take vacation or
other paid leave while serving?
No. It is an illegal penalty to force an employee to charge jury
duty absence against vacation, personal or sick time. However,
an employee may choose paid leave over losing wages. An
employer who penalizes an employee for service as a juror by
forcing the juror to use paid leave may be prosecuted by the
Office of the Attorney General and subjected to criminal
penalties.
May an employer require an employee who serves as a juror
to make up time ?
No. An employer who forces an employee to work on days when
the employee is not normally scheduled to work in order to
make up for time lost as a result of jury service may be
prosecuted by the Office of the Attorney General and subjected
to criminal penalties.
May an employee who is serving as a juror be required to
work while serving?
An employer may not require an employee who has reported or
served for a full day of jury service to then work a full evening
or night shift.
It is an illegal penaltyto force an employee to work a full shift
while the employee is serving full days on jury service. Where a
day’s jury service is completed with less than a full day’s court
appearance, or where the required reporting to work is for a
relatively short period of time, Jury Commissioners exercise
their discretion to determine whether the required reporting to
work is an illegal penalty.
An employer who penalizes an employee for serving as a juror
may be prosecuted by the Office of the Attorney General and
may be subject to criminal penalties.
Here is the site I found this on:
http://www.nyjuror.gov/general-information/eehandbook.pdf
