LOSS OF WAGES
SERVICE ON JURY.
Should a man receive his usual wages while he is serving on a Supreme Court jury?
This question 'has come before the works committee of the Auckland City Council as a resu't of a communication from the Auckland and Suburban Local Bodies Labourers' Union.
I he union described the case of a man who was recently on jury duty for 10 days, and of one who served on (lie jury for a week. The latter received £1 9/. and was at a loss for the difference between this amount and a week's wages. The loss of the former was about £1 8/.
Could the loss sustained by men through attending to their jury duty be made up by the council? the union asked.
'"The council has no authority to make the extra payment.'' was "the view
adopted last night, "although it agrees with the principle that a man should receive his usual wages while serving on (he jury, but this is a matter for the (iovernment."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 74, 29 March 1938, Page 14
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