Full-time employees and Salary Schedule H employees who are required by a court to attend jury duty will be granted special leave with pay to attend. Any employee who is required by court order, valid subpoena, or by legal counsel representing ACCS or any of its entities to appear in his or her capacity as an employee will be expected to attend as part of their normal work duties. A copy of the summons or other documentation must be included with the Employee Leave Request form submitted for these absences. This does not apply to employees who are engaged in suit or charges against the ACCS or any of its entities, to include hearings, trials, depositions, meetings with lawyers, mediations, EEOC hearings, ethics commission interviews, meetings, or hearings, etc. as deemed a personal matter for which appropriate accrued leave must be taken.
Any employee expected to attend court for a personal matter or for matters unrelated to their employment within ACCS (except for jury duty) will not receive paid leave and must request and utilize other forms of accrued leave, if applicable. If the employee does not have leave, leave without pay must be requested and approved prior to occurrence.
Any employee receiving leave under the court attendance policy who has been released is required to return to work immediately once the event has concluded.