JURY DUTY OR COURT APPEARANCES

PHK CPA will grant leave to regular full-time employees who must be absent due to jury duty. PHK CPA may require proof of such court attendance. Employees on jury duty will receive their regular compensation, less jury pay, for the first five working days of any such service.

Additional jury duty time beyond five working days will be unpaid (unless the employee chooses to apply available accrued leave time to the absence).  However, any absence for jury duty will be considered to be excused, and during the period of jury service the employee will be treated in the same manner as any employee on unpaid personal leave. If an unpaid leave will present an undue hardship to the employee, the employee should advise the court of this fact at the time of jury selection.

Employees who wish to make court appearances in their own litigation should make advance arrangements to request time off for such appearances.  Vacation time normally may be applied to the absence, if such time is available and advance arrangements have been made.  Employees should be aware that court dates normally are set several weeks in advance.  Failure to request time off in a timely manner may be viewed as grounds for denial of the leave and/or denial of the application of vacation time to the absence.  As a result, employees may be well advised to inform their counsel of the need to receive timely notice of any court appearances (because "emergencies" created by neglect of counsel are not viewed as genuine emergencies by PHK CPA).

If the employee is subpoenaed to appear on behalf of another person in litigation to which the employee is not a party, the employee should follow the usual procedures for requesting personal time off.  Absences for such appearances will be unpaid, unless the employee is permitted to apply accrued vacation time to the absence.

If an employee appears as a witness on behalf of PHK CPA in any litigation, the time spent will be treated as working time and will be paid.