ACD 706: Jury Duty and Material Witness Service Leave

To allow faculty members and academic professionals to be absent from work for jury duty and material witness service

Arizona Board of Regents Policy Manual - 6ñ807

Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost of the University

Faculty

Academic professionals

A department chair or director will grant a leave of absence with pay, for a necessary period, to a faculty member or academic professional who has been summoned for jury duty. The faculty member or academic professional must:

1. immediately notify the department chair or director of the summons
2. periodically contact the department chair or director, if the service is prolonged

   and

3. return to work, if sufficient time remains in the work day, when presence as a juror is not required.

A department chair or director will grant a leave of absence with pay, for a necessary period, to a faculty member or academic professional who has been subpoenaed to appear as a material witness unless:

1. the testimony or evidence relates to or arises from the faculty member’s or academic professional’s commercial, business, or other personal matters

   or

2. the testimony or evidence relates to the faculty member’s or academic professional’s own misconduct or unlawful conduct.

A faculty member or academic professional who appears in court and provides testimony regarding the personal matters in points (1) and (2) listed above either must use accrued vacation leave or compensatory time balance, or take leave without pay.

A department chair or director may request to see the summons or subpoena before granting leave with pay.

Because the university does not withhold pay from eligible staff on approved jury duty or material witness leave, a faculty member or academic professional will remit their jury duty or material witness fees, less travel reimbursement, to University Cashiering Services.

A faculty member or academic professional who is employed at less than 100 percent FTE will remit only that comparable portion of their fee, e.g., remit 50 percent of the fee if employed at 50 percent FTE.