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District of Columbia

For District of Columbia, employer pay rule is For jury service of 5 days or less, petit or grand jurors employed full-time in the District of Columbia shall be entitled to their usual compensation less the fee received for jury service; employer size exemption is Employers with 10 or less employees shall not be required to pay a juror-employee his or her usual compensation; statute is D.C. Code § 15-718, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

State
District of Columbia our reading
Employer pay rule
For jury service of 5 days or less, petit or grand jurors employed full-time in the District of Columbia shall be entitled to their usual compensation less the fee received for jury service. verified
Employer size exemption
Employers with 10 or less employees shall not be required to pay a juror-employee his or her usual compensation. verified
Statute
D.C. Code § 15-718 our reading
Sourcecode.dccouncil.gov
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DatasetJury duty employer pay requirements by US state — whether an employer must keep paying wages during jury service, how much, for how long, quoted from the state's own statute

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What the source says

(c) For jury service of 5 days or less, petit or grand jurors employed full-time in the District of Columbia shall be entitled to their usual compensation less the fee received for jury service. A person shall not be considered a full-time employed juror on any day of jury service in which that person:

code.dccouncil.gov, retrieved 2026-09-02

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Employer size exemption

(2) Would not have worked more than 1/2 of a shift that extends into another day if the employee were not serving as a juror on that day. Employers with 10 or less employees shall not be required to pay a juror-employee his or her usual compensation.

Statute

Code of the District of Columbia § 15–718. Juror fees.

— all from code.dccouncil.gov, retrieved 2026-09-02

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