One benefit you don’t give much thought to when reading through your benefit package is paid jury duty. But I’m telling you, it comes in handy when you need it.

My husband had jury duty on Monday and got on a trial. It is set to last two weeks. That is two weeks without working. I was kinda freaking out when he called on his way home and told me. He remembered that his company pays something, but he wasn’t sure what. Luckily his company pays for 10 days of jury duty and he can still work (and get paid for) over time. How wonderful. Oh man, I was relieved.

If his company didn’t pay we would have had a couple of options. He could have taken vacation days, we could have used our emergency fund, or he could have just refused to go which would cause a $500 fine (and some bad karma). I think we would have used vacation days. Or maybe a combination of emergency funds and vacation days.

But doesn’t jury duty pay? Yup! They pay a whole $12 a day. My husband said that isn’t even enough to buy lunch at their cafeteria.

But still, if/ when you are called for jury duty look into your company’s jury duty policy before you head to the court house. If you get picked to be on a trial it will be helpful to know ahead of time if you can afford to serve. You can be dismissed for financial hardship. But you will need to know ahead of time if your company pays or not. And financial hardship doesn’t just mean that you will lose pay. It means that if you serve on the jury you will not be able to pay your mortgage. So not making your savings goals, or just paying the minimums on your debt payments this month doesn’t count.

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